The Whole Delivery

Here's what has transpired since this site was last active: The fallout continues from the Obama Administration horrendous decision to dismiss the ACLU/CCR lawsuit to virtually kill whoever they want in this country without facing any repercussions. The Administration is now to the right of even the most extreme Bush loving, executive power craven advocate in David Rivkin with their choice. And now today, wiretapping what you talk about with your friends on AIM and Twitter is their next goal : Federal law enforcement and national security officials are preparing to seek sweeping new regulations for the Internet, arguing that their ability to wiretap criminal and terrorism suspects is “going dark” as people increasingly communicate online instead of by telephone. Essentially, officials want Congress to require all services that enable communications — including encrypted e-mail transmitters like BlackBerry, social networking Web sites like Facebook and software that allows ...

Can small business even make it to 2014 before health insurance reform comes in? Unless the states they are in are able to opt out of it like Ron Wyden would want , maybe not with those absurd rates. Arizona's nutcase governor must have gotten tongue tied with wanting to say "border control" to have this unbelievable disaster : Mike Pence is on of their top mascots. They have many top mascots though . Calculated Risk thinks the unemployment rate will increase to 9.6% . And he also highlights how the lack of quality reporting on non-Census public sector jobs is a major problem. Among Democracy Now's headlines, BP has paid $93 million in television ads . Hopefully they just won't cave : Democrats led by Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair Raul Grijalva are drawing a line in the sand before the White House's fiscal commission: If your report recommends cuts or other changes to Social Security, they will say, you'll lose our support. In ...

While the site hasn't been active today, here is what has transpired in the major headlines today. I'm not one to follow polls vigorously, but some of them you just can't ignore. This Gallup poll of registered voters (the one that is much more accurate than the antiquated "likely voter" model) is not very good news for the Democratic Party and voter enthusiasm . The ACLU has a powerful vote on the lawsuit to stop Obama's assassination plan: Where in the hell is Jerry Brown ? This guy is more invisible than Adam Smith's hand. 75% of US cases at Guantanamo Bay on suspected terrorists have been defeated . "What a surprise" when someone gets a fair trial down there....what a surprise. They all want their Nevada man, including Joey Lie, to stay at the head of the House of Lords . Certainly not one of Rick Sanchez's finer moments . Goodness gracious, what was he thinking there? And if they get some power again, guess what they are...

Positive ads don't get any better than this: Mother of a child: "They wanted to close our schools. They didn't care what happened to us or our children." The camera then goes to a close-up of a child asking, "Where am I going to go if they close my school?" Back to the mother, who says, "I didn't have an answer for her." Grayson: "My five children go to public school right here in Orlando. I fought for $200 million to save our schools for them and for all of us." Children: Alan Grayson saved our schools." Close: "I'm Alan Grayson, and I improved this message." What more could be said about the messages this ad elicits to the public, especially Grayson "swing" district? It clearly displays the political figure on the side of the people he represents, and doesn't throw an assortment of accomplishments and facts in a half-minute span. Not that accurate information about a politician's record...

Besides the sports, there are other things to cover, as this is The Whole Delivery after all. Good old bipartisan is never in doubt on this issue ! Even as Israel shows signs of loosening its blockade of Gaze, large majorities in the House and Senate have signed off on letters supporting the blockade and defending Israel's enforcement of it against a Turkish vessel. Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell, along with 83 other senators, have signed the Senate version of the letter , which is backed by AIPAC; 298 members of the House have signed on . As Greenwald said : As only teabaggers can do, they want mean old president Obama to stop attacking BP !!! Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul of Kentucky said Friday that he was disturbed by Obama's promise to find out "whose ass to kick." "I'll move past the obvious problem with the appropriateness of the comment to just say this: Look in the mirror Mr. President," Paul said in a statement. "This ...

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy Remember, the key phrase for all of this is "proposed budget." As David Dayen explains so well , some of the stuff in the proposed budget won't be enacted. The great Metor Blades analyzes like few others what is in the budget , while you can see the whole entire thing here . A major mistake though is why the Obama Administration is hell bent on making these markers on what the unemployment percentage will be at certain intervals. Both policy and politic wise, it is a poor move for them, and an easy one for critics to bring back to everyone's mind if they don't reach those stated goals. Lot of talk about "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" today, as Secretary of Defense Gates take some action on that stupid policy right now , though arguably in a vague fashion. Frank Luntz has got the talking points going for his party on financial reform now . But the cliffnotes version of...

Lots of things to get into today. Good, bad, great, and ugly: Today was a great day to be a powerful corporation, as we all know the news by now about how conservatives are the real "judicial activists" on the Supreme Court : In a ruling that has major implications for how elections are funded, the Supreme Court has struck down a key campaign-finance restriction that bars corporations and unions from pouring money into political ads. The long-awaited 5-4 ruling, in the Citizens United v. FEC case, presents advocates of regulation with a major challenge in limiting the flow of corporate money into campaigns, and potentially opens the door for unrestricted amounts of corporate money to flow into American politics. In the case at issue, Citizens United (CU), a conservative advocacy group, was challenging a ruling by the FEC that barred it from airing a negative movie about Hillary Clinton. CU received corporate donations and the movie advocated the defeat of a political ...

Oh dear, Dana Perino has another painfully stupid moment Now you can see more and more why she was given that government broadcast job . Her stupidity and hate have no end. But the question needs to be asked to her......does she even want that job after she slammed Obama like that? Another person thinking people were going to have an immediate case of amnesia is one Lou Dobbs, who thinks Hispanics will automatically love him now that he is thinking seriously about public office . Good to see that Obama is going back to Copenhagen , but let's hope it is for legit climate change talk instead of just grandstanding photo ops. It's what they get for trying to deal with the crazy The White House has just released its visitor logs for November, and here’s a fascinating little nugget: The chief of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce visited the White House nearly a dozen times in one month. The White House only took the gloves off against the Chamber after the news broke that it was hoping ...

I'm not the biggest "House" music person, but here is David Gutta's new song, though really, it is all Estrelle: Tom Harkin, one of the rare good senators in Congress, says that the Senate will work on weekends on health care in December . C-SPAN sure won't mind. Ohhh, Twitter gate ! (May the conservatives go crazy.) Basically . And the Supreme Court won't be hearing the case on Native Americans suing the Redskins for that name . Obama tells Myanmar junta to free Suu Kyi . Additional Deliveries They got the number one and two correct on this list ......But the reason why I didn't like number three is because of the fact that you could only use Mario. And I sure as hell forgot and know little about #5. Wine Rating and Wine business is so overrated. IEA lying about those oil reserves in the world it seems . And for your cartoon for this thread.....an episode:

Because we must stop ACORN ! Whatever happens in Virginia tonight (which will be a McDonnell blowout of Deeds), FDL's Ben Tribbett hopes it doesn't happen in 2010 in your own regional battles of importance . This is just the AP for you nowadays. Darren Rovell usually writes stupid stuff, but this was certainly the dumbest and (and exclusionist) thing he probably has ever written. ACORN IS AT IT AGAIN ! They are screwing Doug Hoffman! And Gitmo detainees coming to the U.S are getting announced in the next few weeks .

The robust public option still has a chance thanks to the outstanding Raul Grijalva . Joe Lieberman of 15 years ago would have hated the Joe Lieberman now, per Sam Stein . In my best Jane Hamsher impersonation, I dare Blanche Lincoln to filibuster . Fitting for Halloween.....just fitting The real President Obama facebook page . The Additional Deliveries Dennis Hopper has been diagnosed with prostate cancer . God bless to him. The ABC local news channel in D.C. is airing bare breasts self-exams on their network . Probably not the best move in my mind. Some celebrities have gotten better with age in terms of their looks . And more to come , but for now, enjoy this episode of the classic Nicktoon, "Ahhhhh, Real Monsters." More to come....stay tuned.