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Obama's brief appearance on O'Reilly
by Blazers Edge, Thu Sep 04, 2008 at 04:59:37 PM EDT
by Blazers Edge, Thu Sep 04, 2008 at 04:59:37 PM EDT
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Well, Obama had a good day that's about to drop out, so that alone may affect the daily tracking polls.
that Obama was up by ten on Monday as some bloggers have claimed using various spreadsheets? That's possible, we'll have to wait and see the results tomorrow.
So, McCain got a Palin bounce from the VP announcement which stepped on any Obama bounce from his speech. Then Obama got a Palin bounce from all the stuff that came out about her. I suppose tomorrow's polling will prove whether Palin gave McCain the bounce to counter the bounce she gave Obama.
I think Palin caused a small depression in McCain's support (which I think Rasmussen mentioned), but that it will go up by some amount. I don't think McCain will pull into a lead, but we'll see.
of next week I'll be happy.
Their convention was WAY more effective than ours.
I think we lose if that's the case; which party gets the bigger bounce typically wins and has won the past four election cycles.
I don't think you are going to be right; McCain was down eight going into the convention and you think he'll get an eleven-point swing? If so, then Palin truly is a game-changer as advertised. Should have listened to CG.
"Their convention was WAY more effective than ours."
Sure you typed that right? If so, wow.
There are two ways that comment makes sense to me.
One is if your definition of "Their" and "ours" is different. Since I'm not intending to accuse you of being a troll, I'm not going with that one. I'm well aware you're not.
Two is if you just mean effective in terms of "effecting a change in things". By that standard... maybe.
I mean, let's compare:
Our convention:
Unified the party
Energized the base of our party
Defined our candidates in a positive way and theirs in a negative way
Talked specifics about issues
Reached out to moderates and independents
Got great positive media coverage
Their convention:
Greatly divided and confused the party
Energized the base of both parties
Defined their candidates (one in a half-positive/half-negative way -- positive to their base, negative to everyone else -- and the other as either boring and blah or dangerous and reckless); failed to define ours
Said nothing specific about issues
Went out of its way to alienate moderates and independents
Got highly mixed media coverage
So if "effective" means managed to do maximum change, theirs wins.
Note that none of what I said means they lose. The enthusiasm gap is somewhat less. They'll raise more money. Palin may find some way to make herself palatable to people outside the base (though I think the way her introduction was botched she may never have significant positive favorables outside their base; that Us Magazine cover is a complete killer for the low-info-voter community). They may be able to play the anti-media card yet again (not real sure, this time; very different election). They might be able to find some way to distance McCain and Bush... though it seems extremely unlikely.
I'm predicting a meaningless (because it means McCain's numbers got better in red states and didn't get as much worse in purple and blue states) shift of 2-3 points towards McCain (leaving Obama up 3-4 or so). I'm not seeing the state polls in battleground states showing much movement at all towards McCain. Florida has been put in play, McCain's pretty much ceded any state with a large non-white population, and while Palin may pick up some exurban votes in a number of states, she's just shuffling the numbers, towards exurbans and away from moderates.
Here's some bonus predictions based on nothing: Palin will not move the daily tracking poll numbers (I highly value daily tracking polls unlike the Obama campaign and everyone else on this blog). Obama will be up 5 in Rasmussen on Saturday and up 6 in gallup.
Palin won't move the tracking polls, IMO. But McCain's speech today probably will give him a good bump.
I think McCain's speech today will get him a nice -1 to -2 point bump. It was slow and boring, particularly in comparison to Palin's (and Obama's), and it felt about three times as long as it was. Good biography, but do there exist even low-info voters who don't know that McCain was a POW, and at one point was captured by the Vietnamese, besides being a captive, and might at some point have been held by the enemy?
Palin's will move the trackers. Some. McCain's will start moving them back.
More detailed poll and focus group info has emerged besides the two focus groups. It looks like Palin moved some indies who would probably have gone for McCain anyway. The dead heat tonight will tighten the overall numbers but I don't know if the rolling averages will totally flatten out.
He was finding a way to twist out of the iraq question.
He still can't acknowledge he failed in his judgement of the surge.
If he answers that way in upcoming debates and Mccain gives a straight answer , he would seem indecisive and would fall into the picture being painted by the republicans at the convention...
credit for the original opposition to the war. McCain won't acknowledge that he failed in his judgment of the decision to go into Iraq. If O'Reilly agrees with Obama on that point, then isn't McCain just as wrong as Obama in terms of judgment with respect to Iraq?
an error in judgment either, that's my point. Wouildn't they both look equally as flawed in terms of judgment and if that happens, that will only benefit Obama because McCain has to destrooy Obama on foreign policy.
I can see the moderator asking these two questions:
Q: Senator McCain, why are you unwilling to acknowledge that knowing what you know now, that you were wrong when you supported the initial invasion of Iraq as the country had no ties to Al Qaeda and no weapons of mass destruction and was based primarily on false pretenses.
Q: Senator Obama, why are you unwilling to acknowledge that knowing what you know now, that you were wrong to oppose the surge given that it has reduced violence and has given the Iraq government enough space to where we can now talk about withdrawing from Iraq?
If the best part of the appearance was something O'Reilly said that is bad.
Especially considering Clinton did a full interview with him & held her own very effectively. If she'll do it, HRC should go back on the Oreilly factor to show support for the DNC & discuss why Palin is wrong for America - she is better at handling these types of interviews.
Even if it is true that violence has declined since the implementation of the surge strategy, it does not automatically follow that the surge is the cause of the decline. This is the Post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy.
I do grant the "surge is working" narrative is rising for a range of reasons. I submit, however, that the mainstream media repeating the pronouncements of the Pentagon, the Bush administrations, the neo-cons, and the McCain campaign does not constitute credible evidence of success. At least it is not alone sufficient evidence.
Given that the media along with many others are blinded by the medals on Pretaeus' chest it may be impossible to have a rational discussion about the impact of the surge. It is also extremely difficult to isolate causes and effects in such a complex and fluid case. Yet many have no trouble asserting that the surge is the cause for the decline in the violence. Politically it is a trap as well as quite possibly not true. The problem is that we have so many in this country and this party who reflexively believe the US military can do anything and that any criticism of strategy is betraying the troops. Please afford me the chance to explain why I hold what, for many, is a contrarian view of the surge.
First, let me suggest plausible alternate causes for the decline in violence.
Sunni community leaders had enough of Al Qaeda blowing up their people and withdrew from active support for the insurgency, with many ripple effects, from fewer actors, to fewer safe havens, to better intelligence. This is not a function of the surge.
For much of the period during which there was a decline Moqtadr Al-Sadr called off his army until Maliki stabbed him in the back (from his perspective). This is particularly true for last summer. This is not a function of the surge.
After several years of effective partitioning along ethnic lines (not something I advocate, but something which has occurred to a very substantial degree; there are few integrated communities) it stands to reason there would be fewer opportunities for daily conflict. This is not a function of the surge.
Over the course of the war, violence in general has declined over the summer months. It gets to 120+ degrees in the summer. This is not a function of the surge. The degree of decline is greater this summer, or at least appears so.
The troop surge is not the only American tactical change. They also began negotiating and in some cases buying off parties they previously did not. Perhaps these changes account more for a reduction in violence than the troop level surge per se.
American troops had to be withdrawn given unsustainable deployment schedules and equipment degradation. The draw down was going to happen with or without the surge. The surge is not the cause of the draw down.
There is no reason to trust American violence estimates. They may be accurate. They may not be accurate. But after years of administration lies and cooking the books I refuse to take at face value their assertions. Can you imagine a world where the violence is essentially unchanged or where the administration concludes internally it is not substantially a function of the deployment yet asserts in public that their policy is a ringing success and here are some numbers we have to back that up? Can anyone say that is not possible, perhaps even plausible? There is a substantial political stake at many levels for many parties in peddling the notion the surge worked.
There is little evidence of substantial political reconciliation and even less that it is sustainable over the long term. Even if a reduction in violence has occurred because of the surge, the objective of the surge has not been achieved in any meaningful fashion, despite the loss of blood and treasure. Moreover, there is no evidence of a change in the internal dynamics sufficient to state with confidence the violence will remain low.
We will never really know the outcomes of alternatives not pursued, such as Hamilton-Baker, in favor of the surge, but some negative consequences are clearly somewhat attributable to the surge.
Finally, the surge may have reduced a type of violence, even overall levels of violence, but it has changed dramatically the sources of the remaining violence in ways that do not portend long term stability. The underlying conditions for stability have been worsened even if there is a short-term reduction in the damage attending to violence levels:
Iraq is unquestionably the world's leader in suicide bombings, with over 1,000 estimated suicide bombings having taken place since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, according to both U.S. military and independent sources. Yet prior to 2007, a great number of these bombers were foreign born, smuggled in through safe houses across Iraq's porous borders from destinations throughout the Middle East.
Yet the dramatic rise in Iraqi female suicide bombers indicates the increasingly indigenous and undeniably home-grown nature of these attacks, portending a new phase in the insurgency. U.S. military officials and various terrorism "experts" continuously stress that the rise in women bombers simply illustrates the desperation of insurgents in the face of a successful U.S. counterinsurgency strategy. Yet the story of desperation is hard to square with the fact that overall levels of suicide bombings in Iraq in 2008, whether by men or women, is also on the increase: there has been an average of 18 suicide attacks a month in Iraq in 2008 compared to 10 a month in 2007, according to a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad in April, 2008.
Thus, one can argue that the rise in Iraqi female suicide bombers demonstrates that the military "surge" has done little to tamp down the most fundamental demand-driven aspect of suicide bombing, namely a threatening foreign occupation with no end in sight.
As Robert Pape has argued, since the root cause of suicide bombing is foreign military occupation, offensive military action against insurgent organizations that employ suicide bombing and even improved counterinsurgency measures will mean very little unless the U.S. addresses the fundamental issue of foreign military occupation itself. The pioneer of modern suicide bombings, Hezbollah, only ceased suicide bombings when Israel withdrew its forces from Lebanon in 2000 and Palestinian militant organizations have largely ended their use of suicide bombings since Israel withdrew its occupation forces and settlements from the Gaza Strip in 2005, despite the fact that Gaza is still under an intensive Israeli siege.
The rise in Iraqi female suicide bombers ultimately illustrates the hollow nature of the widely touted U.S. counterinsurgency strategy in Iraq; at best, it is simply a set of short-term pacification tactics that has simply enclosed Iraq within miles of blast walls and razor wire, but it remains a failure politically. In this respect, despite important reductions in violence one must conclude that the military surge of 2007 has been a failure at the most important level. According to the newly minted U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual, to lose politically is to lose. The U.S. is no closer to success in Iraq than it was before the surge - and even the security progress that exists is extremely fragile and reversible, because it has not been matched by any significant political progress.
Dr. Steve Niva, Behind the Surge in Iraqi Women Suicide Bombers, 11 August, 2008 http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/5455
So if the surge cannot be isolated as a primary cause of the reduction in violence and is a possible cause of highly destabilizing changes in the nature of the remaining violence, should we Democrats and progressives join in the celebration of the surge's "success"? I think not.
Now what of the external costs of the surge? I turn to Prof. Wallerstein (Yale/SUNY-Binghamton):
That still leaves the question: Has the surge really worked? I suppose if one looks exclusively at short-run casualty figures in Iraq, one could argue it did. It would work even better if the United States could send in another 200,000 troops. But the United States does not have another 200,000 troops to send in. And its collaborating countries have been withdrawing their troops, not sending more in. Of course, if you bribe a whole lot of Sunni sheiks, they will be on the U.S. side for the time being. And if you institutionalize ethnic expulsions, as in Baghdad, there is less room for some of the kinds of inter-Iraqi violence that had been previously occurring. And if Moktada al-Sadr thinks it is wiser to bide his time, there will be a temporary reduction in the kind of violence that had been occurring before.
But look at what has happened elsewhere in the Middle East because of the surge. In November of 2006, the United States and NATO had been congratulating themselves on the success of their efforts in Afghanistan. But since then, two things have happened. The number of U.S. casualties has soared, passing now those in Iraq. So has violence against Afghans. Suddenly the Taliban are back in a big way. And now, for the first time since 2001, the pundits are talking about the possibility of the U.S. losing the war in Afghanistan as well as Iraq.
And look at Pakistan. Since November 2006, the country has had relatively democratic elections, which brought to power a legislature hostile to President Musharraf, still the person on whom the Bush regime is relying to pursue a policy favorable to U.S. interests. Musharraf, as a consequence, has been struggling to keep his head above water. One of the ways in which he has done this is to make a tacit deal with the Islamist forces in the northwest frontier region that favor and harbor both al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Recently, these forces almost occupied the largest urban center in the region. They are in any case very strong, and are actively helping the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Then look at Iran. Iran is huffing and puffing. So is Israel about Iran. So is Dick Cheney. The fact is, however, that Iran is stronger than ever. And they have been strengthening in every way their links with the two groups in Iraq upon which U.S. hopes are based - the al-Maliki government and the Kurds. Iran actually shares many interests with the United States in Afghanistan. But the United States is unable to take advantage of this geopolitical alliance because it insists on seeing Iran as the evil demon in the Middle East.
Now look again at Iraq. The United States had hoped that, with the surge so "successful," they could get Iraq to sign this year a status-of-forces agreement, which would lock in the stationing of U.S. troops and U.S. bases in Iraq for decades to come. Instead, al-Maliki has made it clear that not only won't Iraq sign more than a brief interim agreement but that it won't do even that unless the United States commits to a timetable for withdrawal, something anathema to both Bush and McCain.
I could go on - about Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, the Gulf states. The fact is that the United States is decidedly weaker everywhere in the Middle East in the eighteen months since the surge began. Has it not been in part, maybe in large part, precisely because of the surge? The Middle East today is like a large geopolitical balloon. If you squeeze it at one point, the air will simply displace itself to another point. And the balloon is getting more fragile all the time. It is on the verge of bursting.
Immanuel Wallerstein, "Has the 'Surge' in Iraq Worked?", Commentary No. 237, July 15, 2008
I do not think it is fair to suggest the surge has worked, quite apart from the political downside of ratifying McCain's one-note chorus.
I readily concede that were Sen. Obama to make these points, presuming he believes them, the political fallout would likely be negative. But that is not a comment about the success of the surge but of the state of American political culture, self-deception, and ignorance, at least as I view the matters.
hey her connections to that the Jews for Jesus is no small thing in the jewish community.
I hear its going viral within the community this is no small thing.
I expect Obama to be up in FL polls soon, yes, it sounds crazy but thats how bad her J4J is, especially since I believe they will try and hide it, so they won't ever have her talk about it, thus she will never ease the fears.
but that's just my opinion.
there are also alot of retired educators in florida. wonder how book burning and creationism goes over with them.
a real live smear is going viral! awesome. was the sick obama muslim smear going viral good?
honestly - what has become of people???
on this one; it's not equivalent to the Muslim smear. What is equivalent to the Muslim smear is that stuff about her being the grandmother to one of her kids as that was absolutely not true.
That Palin has ties to Jews for Jesus and other extremists is no different from Jeremiah Wright. Since I consider Wright to be a legitimate issue, I consider the same to be true for Palin. Both are legitimate grounds on which the judgment and beliefs of Obama and Palin are to be evaluated.
Obama said that he doesn't share Wright's beliefs; it's up to the voters to decide whether they believe him. It's incumbent on Palin to answer questions about whether she shares the views of these extremists to whom she has a connection so we can all make a judgment as to whether she shares their views.
from what i understand the j4j story is no where close to what is being circulated. and more than that - the blogosphere with a complicit media is really out of control - have you seen this? releasing palin's social security and phone number????
sickening. more and more i think that the netroots (with the media) will help lose this election for democrats.
I haven't seen anything to push back against the J4J story; if you have, then I'll probably change my opinion on this one. I haven't heard any response from Palin on this charge.
It's not just J4J, there are ties to the secessionist party of Alaska as well. I am trying to emphasize "ties." It's up to her to show that these "ties" do not mean she supports the party's viewpoint in the same way it is up to Obama to show that he does not condone Ayers actions from years ago even though he has "ties" to Ayers.
I saw the article that you linked. Her SS number was not leaked according to Ben Smith. Whoever is doing that is pretty scumbag but Obama and Palin shouldn't be using a couple of scumbags to try and prevent legitimate questions as to the people with whom they have associated.
have we got any reporting on her since last week? seriously. the j4j has not been picked up yet - as much as maddow is pushing it - but it will. found this...
Two weeks ago, the executive director of a group called Jews for Jesus spoke at Palin's church. Her pastor says she was in church that day. The guest speaker made some controversial comments and insinuated that the conflict in the Middle East is attributable to God's "judgment of unbelief." So, just to be clear: This was a guest speaker...
again - the above is from a right-wing source - but its not like the left is behaving with credibility right now either.
I respect your opinion and I'll withhold any further discussion about J4J until we get more information about it.
However, there are unquestionably links between her and other extremists such as the secessionists in Alaska and Buchanan (her claim is that she didn't support Buchanan but out of courtesy, appeared with him at a rally and wore a button, remember that Obama got heat for attending the Million Man March which I considered to be fair heat and it's up to the American people to decide whether they explain buy his explanation). Just as it is up to Obama to convince Americans that his "ties" to Ayers is tenuous, it's up to Palin to convince the American people that her ties to similar folks are tenuous.
You do agree that the trooper controversy is completely fair? That the Bridge to Nowhere attack is fair?n That her qualifications are fair game?
i think that what we have seen in the past week is revolting. from maddow through to steinhem today. these little faux stories you mentioned have been debunked (as far as i know) - however hard people here and on kos try to promote otherwise.
that said - i agree that her record, qualifications (as long as they are honestly compared to obama's), calling her pick pandering or tokenism is not. and troopergate, etc are fair game.
the problem is - the press are losing their credibility by the minute and its only working to harden some support for her and remind feminist democrats what didnt happen for other democratic women. this is a trap of the highest order. sigh.
The AIB,she does have ties, strong ties. Her husband was a member until 2002, when she first ran for Lt Gov.
Is it possible that she went with her husband to a state convention for AIB with her husband? Yes. ANd they haven't denied that she was ever there, just that she wasn't a card carrying member (she has always been registered repug.
and I hate being in agreement with IowaMike on this issue of the ASP. If all she did was accompany her husband to an event and that all those videos of her giving a presentation to the convention was a courtesy and that the ASP rep claiming that she courted them is a liar, then she should say all that and explain the ties before a reporter under questioning. Let the American people decide whether her story is true and whether she shares the party's beliefs or not.
We don't know a lot about either her or Obama; that's why they get more scrutiny, they haven't been around as long as Biden or McCain. It's time for her to start talking to media outlets other than People Magazine and get on one of these Sunday shows and answer some questions.
Well, here is where we can disagree.
Obama has gotten a lot of scrutiny. He has ran a national nomination battle with a lot of stuff coming out abut him (both fair and unfair). SHe is brand spanking new.
Sorry, but I don't see the press losing credibility by the moment. If anything, I think the press is rapidly gaining credibility (maybe not with you, and certainly not with the rabid Palinophiles either, but with everyone else).
The problem is that I think the Republicans finally went too far. It's worked for them to say, well X is off limits and you're being badnastyevil for even asking about it.
But this time they've tried that tactic towards asking any question about a Vice Presidential candidate (and not just any, but one that's more "one heartbeat away" than pretty much any other in recent history). I don't think anyone's buying this theory that we shouldn't vet a candidate for the second-highest elective office in the land. Every time the Republicans try it, they're just bolstering the press' credibility.
And it doesn't matter if some of the stories turn out to be overblown. Sorry; you may think it does, but it doesn't. This is a vetting process; we turn up everything and evaluate later. Some people believed NAFTAgate was a real story when it came out, despite the evidence. Certainly the press reported it as if there was actually something there. The fact that it turns out to have been utter nonsense didn't diminish the press' credibility in any serious fashion.
Besides which, the reporting has been a lot better than you're giving it credit for. For instance, on the J4J story that we're talking about, I've not seen any reports that she supports them or believes everything they say or anything of the sort. I've seen reporting of there being a J4J presentation at her church and reporting of widespread claims that she was present. Neither of those seems to have factual problems.
Comparing it to Wright: if she were in the church on that day, and does not denounce J4J, she puts herself way behind Obama, who was NOT in the church for any of Wright's inflammatory sermons and yet HAS denounced them. If she were not in the church, then she'd be about even with Obama, if she denounced them. Failing to denounce them is pretty much like Obama failing to denounce Farrakhan.
first i am accused of sexism down below - now this. whatever - i am tired of arguing with people that are shooting themselves in the foot.
if by everyone else finding the press has credibility - you mean people that have already decided that they are going to vote for obama - yes i think you're right. while admittedly the past months made me sensitive to sexism - i assure you that many (including biden) share my view that there have been sexist attacks on palin.
also - i find what the press is attempting to do atrocious. as kaus says:
Tomorrow's Marching Orders Today: If there were some sort of tacit liberal MSM conspiracy--a hypothetical!--Plan 1 was to knock Palin off the ticket out of the box with various unvetted home state scandals. Plan 2, the plan currently in place, is to force Palin to submit to "real interviews" where she will supposedly reveal her embarrassing unpreparedness for the office.
May I suggest to my fellow conspirators that we move directly on to Plan 3: Forget Palin. Stop writing about her. If we make the election about Palin, we will lose. She'll probably win her debate and will almost certainly handle the interviews well enough (to the satisfaction of the voters, at least, if not the experts). The election's not about Palin. It's about McCain. We can beat McCain.
now - i dont necessary share kaus' view about how to proceed about palin, but i am certainly offended that he referred to the press as WE can beat mccain. while there are certainly things that voters have a right to know - this is certainly not is what is going on here.
if you see nothing offensive in this - i assure you that undecideds do not agree with you. sorry - when the media insert themselves into the story to try become part of the election - not a winning strategy.
and ill add... if you see nothing wrong in the press OPENLY advocating (or trying to destroy a candidate) - then i suspect that the politics that have been prevalent for the past few decades are ones in which are deserved.
I think we're arguing two completely different points here. If so, I'm sorry for any part of the confusion that's been on my part.
There are three issues here, to my way of thinking.
First, you're talking about sexist and insulting attacks on Palin. Of course there have been plenty; I don't think it's credible to say anything else. There have been. I don't think it's right any more than you do.
But that has almost nothing to do with the second issue, press credibility, for most people, it's an entirely unrelated issue. Credibility is about whether the press is doing a reasonable attempt to determine the facts, and whether the facts and allegations they report represent a reasonable attempt at presenting the truth. Both credible reporting and sexism can exist at the same time and even in the same story. For instance, an article could easily say something like "Palin committed ethics violations [true] because she's a vindictive b*ch [sexist and demeaning]". The presence of the sexism doesn't render the actual facts less credible. This is where the press has been gaining in credibility, as it presents information as it's discovered, despite a very pointed attempt by the McCain campaign and other Republicans to keep them from doing their job.
The third issue, which you may have seen all along but I didn't see in the earlier comments, is advocacy for a candidate. Frankly, I'm surprise that you're presenting this here. After a summer where Obama could do no right, while every gaffe, mistake, error, and outright lie McCain spoke was paved over by the press? After the primaries, in which Obama was the press' favorite for a month, then Hillary was for the next month, then Obama again, then Hillary? You really think this is about the press advocating for a candidate?
In general the press is advocating for a horse race. They're much less concerned with who wins. If they'd wanted to destroy McCain's campaign, they've had a myriad of opportunities over the past couple months. If they'd wanted to destroy Obama's, they could have. If they'd wanted to destroy Hillary or Obama in the primaries, they could have. At most they acted as a check on the frontrunner to preserve the horse race.
In this case, though, we have a candidate who's suddenly running for the second highest office in the land who was barely known to anyone outside the state of Alaska a week ago. She has considerable positives, and the McCain campaign did a pretty solid job of presenting them. She also has some enormous negatives for mainstream America. The McCain campaign is trying hard to prevent those negatives getting out there. Exposing them is NOT advocating for a candidate. Would you have considered Woodward and Bernstein to be advocating against Nixon, for not dropping Watergate?
Once Palin was announced as the Republican nominee for VP, the reporting on her past that is happening should have been considered absolutely essential. Not the sexism -- I'm not happy about that either. But the reporting on who she's associated with, her actual past as opposed to the spin, her ethics investigation, etc -- those are exactly the things the media should be presenting about ALL candidates.
They've done it to Barack and Hillary over a contentious primary. They've done a half-hearted job on McCain, but at least there's been some coverage. I expect them to do their jobs and do the same for Palin.
First of all, we don't know who released that information. Pinning it on the Democrats is a smear in and of itself. It could have been the Republicans themselves trying to hype the "piling on" and get some more sympathy.
Second, whoever released her SSN only released 5 of 9 digits. That information isn't enough to do anything with.
Third, her phone number was listed in the phone book. As a mayor, let alone a g.overnor or VP candidate, I couldn't imagine having a publically-available phone book
We get it, CG. She's a woman so nobody can ever attack anything about her that isn't a policy position. You assume the j4j story has been debunked but you have nothing at all to back it up.
Your paternalistic attitude is almost as offensive as the "Sarah is hot" crowd.
Obama actually says the words "The surge has succeeded" to O'Reilly. Not only that, he adds "beyond anyone's wildest imagination". There's really not too many ways to nuance that. He tried, though, by saying the Iraqi's haven't stepped up, politically. But there's that pesky Anbar change of command thing that doesn't square with that.
I'm sure he'll take a lot of grief for that admission, but independents need to hear that from him.
In some ways, politicians are pretty much alike. They just can't admit any kind of mistake for fear that it will be used against them. Look at Bush...he couldn't even come up with one mistake he's made as President. Same for Hillary Clinton. She tried to nuance her vote for the Iraq war. And now Obama still tries to nuance the surge while saying it succeeded.
By the way, O'Reilly may be critical of Obama for some things, but he's pretty much always given him cred for being right about his opposition to the war, saying it wasn't the right battlefield. There's too many public utterances of that to ignore.
Personally, I think it was good for Obama to say those words, albeit a bit grudgingly. It pretty much took some of the wind out of Lindsay Graham's speech to the RNC where he continued to say that Obama wouldn't admit the surge has succeeded. Obviously he hadn't heard about the O'Reilly segment, or it came too close to his speech to make any changes.
Obama can still lay claim to being right about not going into Iraq at the start. He should stick with that, and lose this albatross of the surge deal. Thankfully, he took the first step tonight.
He'll take some shots from the left for "giving in", and some from the right for finally admitting this, but really, who cares? It's one less thing that can be used against him in November. Time to move on.
Iraq will fall further down the list of priorities of the American public; the two guys who wanted to tout their superior judgment on Iraq will not be able to use the issue to push them over the top. Healthcare will be ahead of Iraq as an issue.
He's said the surge has worked before. What he has never said is that he was wrong to oppose the surge. And on that score he is right. There were too many strategic problems with the surge that have made things worse, even though the short-term effect is positive.
What Obama didn't mention is that Maliki is now squeezing out the Sons of Iraq, who may very likely rise up again. The drawdown in violence was a result of the Awaening and Sadr's truce. The surge helped, but it was not decisive. Even Petreaus had admitted as much.
The surge worked? So the war is over? Mission Accomplished?
It is simplistic to say that the surge is the one only responsible for the improvements in Iraq.
Even Woodrow (or an author) said that the 4 things that helped improve the situation are:
1) Petreus strategy of engaging the Sunnis who already have decided to stop supporting Al Queda and paying them $300/month
Even if you added 100,000 troops the situation wouldnt have improved if above have not occurred. This just shows diplomacy works.
If the lesson John McCain took from the improvement is that war is the answer then that is a dangerous thing since his answer to every conflict will be war.
This way he will use the surge against McCain.
McCain is simplistic---This simplistic belief that war is the answer is dangerous.


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Bi-rite carries it, though the last time I was there, they only had white chocolate and one South American variety of dark. My sister found a bar of Askinosie made with cacao from Davao, Philippines--a source unique to Askinosie. It was delicious, and really did have the particular chocolate notes and aromas I remembered. Unfortunately, it was out of stock. (But now that you've reminded me, I'll call Bi-Rite to see if it's back.)


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Why has the SURE-SHOT Curling Stick become so popular among the Stick Curling elite?
Accuracy of Delivery - There is no doubt that Canadian Stick Curling Classic and Alberta Open winner, Glen Haase, is a sure shot with his SURE-SHOT. This curling stick, with its patent pending design, is the only curling stick which pushes the stone from the front of the handle. This patent pending feature enhances delivery accuracy. See this advantage for yourself... try pushing a small container of water with a pencil from the back of the cup (be careful not to tip over your container). Now try pushing it from the front inner lip of the container. When pushing from the front innerlip the line of direction is much easier to control.
FULL-Functionality - The SURE-SHOT is the ONLY curling stick which is capable of performing many of the other activities which are required during the play of the game. While most of the other curling sticks only enable a curler to push a stone, the SURE-SHOT is designed to push a stone AND to both pull and lift a stone. This enhanced functionality enables the curler perform the following activities from either an upright or sitting position.
Ergonomics - The handle is a durable aluminum telescoping pole. The handle can be adjusted to between approximately 3 and 5 feet to account for curler height or the curlers stick length preference. When compacted to approximately 3 feet it is easily stored or transported on your broom or in your curling bag. The SURE-SHOT is Ultra-Lightweight (approximately 300g or 0.66 lbs) and is easily handled by most curlers.
Fits all known handle sizes - Many of the other commercially available curling sticks are designed to fit a handle of a specific size. What do you do when you go to a rink with different sized handles? The SURE-SHOT is designed to fit all known handle sizes, which enables you to curl in other clubs regardless of their handle sizes.
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Providing full service community and association management for Homeowner Associations in Wake, Johnston, Franklin, Pender, Onslow, New Hanover and surrounding counties in North Carolina. Kornerstone's corporate office is located in Garner NC with a satellite office located in Wilmington NC.
Kornerstone provides a comprehensive range of services for the operation of community associations, both developer and owner controlled. Unlike many other companies, Kornerstone focuses on community and association management. We do not deal in real estate sales or rentals. This practice allows our team to focus completely on preserving, protecting and enhancing the value of your community.
We believe that the most important factor for a successful community is the foundation of its association. Kornerstone focuses on the individual needs and requirements of each community.
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Museums Galleries Scotland is the National Development Body for the museum sector in Scotland. Our role is to work collaboratively to invest in and develop a sustainable museum and galleries sector for Scotland, in line with the aims of Going Further: The National Strategy for Scotland's Museums and Galleries.
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UK is invited to take part in #LightsOut - from 10pm to 11pm on Monday 4 August - leaving on a single light or candle for a shared moment of reflection.
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The School report that they have been removing, assessing and consolidating the collections to see exactly what the impact of the fire on 23 June has been.
We'll be down at the #AMAconf for the next two days. @sarahburry will be tweeting!
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DDL of MGS sponsored Enterprising Museum Award 2 weeks today. Have you entered yet? http://t.co/jj2xkfmlUv @aandbscotland
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And us! RT @TamsinRussell Looking forward to the MGS Stakeholder meeting this afternoon and hearing an update on Recognition @MuseumsGalScot
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Last speaker today at #insightscafe is Paul Bristow from @trustinverclyde who help people get invoked in projects in the local community
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Volunteers at @museumbw with unique skill sets often have roles created for them to take full advantage of what they can offer #insightscafe
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The redevelopment of the @museumbw meant a lot of new opportunities for volunteers in new areas other than in Collections #insightscafe
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Senior Citizens — did you know that there is a Senior Pass for national parks within the United States?
My wife and I went on a three-week vacation this summer that put us in four national parks and one national cemetery. Before we went into Grand Canyon National Park, we asked for and purchased a Senior Pass for $10 that is good for life and allows us to go to any national park in the country by simply showing the pass and my driver's license.
After the Grand Canyon, we went into the Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park four different days each; then went into Mount Rushmore National Park and Custer's National Battlefield. The total cost was $10. The price for a vehicle per day to enter a national park is $25, we figured we saved close to $300.
The National Park Service does not show the pass at the entrance to the parks and no one seems to mention it but, if you ask for it, you will get it. Seniors need to be aware that this pass is available at all national parks and the pass will save lots of money over the years.
Deer total up from last season
Firearm deer hunters in Illinois took a preliminary total of 99,324 deer during the seven-day firearm deer season on Nov. 16-18 and Nov. 29-Dec. 2, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) announced this week. This year's preliminary firearm season harvest total compares with the 97,820 deer taken during the 2011 firearm season.
The preliminary second-season (Nov. 29-Dec. 2) harvest total was 27,213, compared with the 31,259 deer taken by hunters during the second segment of the 2011 season. This year's preliminary first-season (Nov. 18-20) deer harvest was 72,111, compared with a first-season harvest of 66,501 in 2011. The preliminary harvest totals include deer taken in all counties in which firearm deer hunting is permitted, as well as at Chain O'Lakes State Park in Lake County.
"If you enjoy deer hunting in warm, spring-like weather, this was the season for you," said IDNR Forest Wildlife Program Manager Paul Shelton. "One of the benefits of having a split firearm deer season is that we typically avoid getting caught in a single weather pattern that might negatively impact the overall harvest. This year, conditions were much more favorable during the first season and less so during the second, but I think we're right on track with our harvest in most areas."
Preliminary harvest reports show the top five county totals for deer taken during the seven-day firearm season were Pike (3,068), Fulton (2,815), Adams (2,534), Jo Daviess (2,534), and Randolph (2,221).
Vermilion County firearm hunters harvested 320 deer during the second segment of the season. Hunters harvested 947 deer this season compared to 960 last year during the firearm hunt.
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December 14, 2003: Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne reach Number One in the U.K. with "Changes"
Before Ozzy and his outspoken daughter topped the charts with their duet, a markedly different father-daughter team held the same achievement: Frank and Nancy Sinatra, in 19667.
"Changes" was a remake of a track originally appearing on Black Sabbath's 1972 album Volume IV (and reinterpreted as an Ozzy solo track in 1993). The mournful ballad was comparatively gentle for the heavy metal pioneers, and the group rarely performed it live. Three decades later, Ozzy and his daughter – who were both incredibly famous from the previous year's debut of their reality show, The Osbournes – rerecorded it with revised lyrics. It was released that year as an added track on Changes, the rerelease of Kelly's 2002 debut album, Shut Up.
December 14, 2006: Ahmet Ertegün dies
Ahmet Ertegün, the founder and president of Atlantic Records, shaped the careers of many of rock's original superstars.
Ertegün, the son of a Turkish diplomat, was raised in Washington, D.C., where he frequented the jazz clubs of the area and amassed a staggering collection of albums and EPs. He called on that soulful education when he founded Atlantic Records in 1947 (with partner Herb Abramson), which signed many of the most heralded jazz musicians of the era, including John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman and Charlie Mingus. The executive's tastes expanded with the times, and he signed superstar after superstar: Aretha Franklin, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and Crosby, Stills and Nash (for the latter, Ertegün prophetically convinced them to allow Neil Young to join the group). He also served as a main founder of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and its museum.
Two months before Ertegün died, the lifelong music lover sustained a brain injury when he fell backstage at a Rolling Stones concert that honored President Bill Clinton's 60th birthday. He slipped into a coma and died later, at age 83. In 2007, Led Zeppelin reunited for a single show in tribute to their former label boss.
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Eleanor Matsuura - Actor
Eleanor has just finished filming leading roles on the feature films SPOOKS: THE GREATER GOOD, RESIDUE and BLOOD MOON. She has just filmed a guest lead on SILK for BBC and appeared in BULL for Sheffield Theatre, directed by Claire Lizzimore. TV credits include THE SMOKE for Sky; TWENTY TWELVE and VEXED for BBC; HACKS and UTOPIA for Channel 4; THE ROYAL BODYGUARD for BBC/Hattick; THE FADES for BBC; a lead in HUNTER for the BBC; THE OLD GUYS for the BBC; FM for ITV2; LEAD BALLOON for BBC/Open Mike; DOCTOR WHO, 9/11 for Dangerous Films and EXTRAS for the BBC. Film credits include LOVE PUNCH, directed by Joel Hopkins and BREAKING AND ENTERING, directed by Anthony Minghella. Theatre credits include THE CHANGELING for the Young Vic, DANTONS DEATH, directed by Michael Grandage for the National Theatre, ENRON directed by Rupert Goold for Chichester/Royal Court/West End, STOVEPIPE for The Bush/National Theatre, and CORIOLANUS for the RSC, directed by Greg Doran. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
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Though the Government of Guatemala has returned land to 140 families unjustly evicted from the Polochic Valley nearly three years ago - thanks to your support! - 629 families are still waiting for their land.
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Oxfam calls for urgent action to prevent eviction of thousands from camps, as residents say they will be unable to afford to pay rent.
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Nick Stars At the 2013 HALO Awards
The 2013 HALO Awards have come and gone, but don't be sad! We've got you covered. Take a peek at these sweet shots of the event!
Sam and Cat's Jennette McCurdy did a great job hosting the night but before she graced the stage, she dazzled onlookers on the Orange Carpet. Her sparkly sequined top definitely caught everyone's attention, but her awesome hosting skills kept it.
The Thundermans stars Addison Riecke and Diego Velazquez were so excited for the night that they made sure to snap a quick selfie beforehand to remember it forever.
Curtis Harris took some fashion advice from his character on The Haunted Hathaways and rocked a rad red bow tie. This look is definitely Miles-approved!
Amber Montana was also on the scene, looking lovely as ever. Her awesome updo and statement earrings were a huge hit!
The night wouldn't have been complete without Benjamin Flores Jr. taking the stage for some awesome entertainment. This is a ghost with the most!
Amber, Diego, Jinxed's Jacob Bertrand, Instant Mom's Damarr Calhoun and See Dad Run's Jackson Brundage all got together to put an end to a perfect night the only way you can: with an awesome group shot. It's easy to see these guys really are BFFLs!
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Dr. Purnendu C. Vasavada is a FDA- ORISE Fellow and the Coordinator of the Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance, As a Professor Emeritus of Food Science, University of Wisconsin-River Falls and Food Safety ad Microbiology Extension Specialist, Dr. Vasavada is recognized internationally for his teaching, applied research, innovative training programs and active consultations in Food Science and Technology, especially, Food Safety and Microbiology, Rapid methods and Automation in Food Microbiology and Food Quality Assurance.
As the Principal and managing member of the PCV & Associates, LLC, Dr. Vasavada provides consulting and assistance to the food industry in planning, development and management of special projects involving food safety and microbiology, food quality assurance, and is involved in developing and presenting seminars and conferences on contemporary topics of interest to food industry and consumers. Dr. Vasavada organized the annual UW River Falls Food Microbiology Conference: Current Concepts in Foodborne Pathogens and Rapid and Automated Methods in Food Microbiology for 30 years and has been an invited speaker and convener at international conferences, workshops and symposia dealing with Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology, Food Safety and Microbiology, Food Quality Assurance, HACCP and TQM and Food Science Education.
Dr. Vasavada is active in several scientific and professional organizations, including the International Association of Food Protection (IAFP), the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), and the Wisconsin Laboratory Association (WLA).
He is the author or co-author of over 100 publications including peer reviewed papers technical abstracts and book chapters. He has received the Joseph Mityas Laboratorian of the Year Award (1987) from WLA, the Educator award from the IAMFES (1997), the Sanitarian of the Year award from the WAMFS (1998), Honorary Life member of the Hungarian Society for Microbiology (2008), the UW Extension's Program Innovation Award (2010), and the Harry Haverland Citation Award (IAFP) (2011). Dr. Vasavada is a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology (1990), the IFT (2009) and the IAFP (2010), the GMA Food Safety Award (2012) and the IAFP Honorary Life membership Award (2012).


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Michael S. GazzanigaOwen Flanagan does it again. He takes one of the most fascinating and elusive topics in mind/brain research, the 'why' of dreams, and ropes it into a coherent notion that one and all can understand. I won't spoil it for you and tell you his intriguing idea. But I will tell you, I think he is on to something big.
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3.25/5 rDev -1.2%
08-01-2013 03:51:54 | More by Hopheadjeffery
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3.5/5 rDev +6.4%
05-31-2013 22:19:35 | More by magnusdave
3.5/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Wow, talk about carbonation, head, and retention. I was full on waiting 5 minutes for this thing to die down, I was seriously wondering if it was infected. Yellow appearance, huge 3" frothy head out of this one. Aroma was lemony, which would become a theme for the beer.
Taste was thin bodied, highly carbonated, lemony sour, bitter but lacking a hop character. Lots of flavor packed in here via the yeast flavor I'm guessing. A unique beer, couldn't come up with anything to compare it to. Couldn't say whether it was the rye or yeast strain causing the confluence of bittering flavor. A little acidic.
Decent, glad I tried it, a good summer beer.
Serving type: bottle
04-19-2011 16:00:06 | More by Beerandraiderfan
3.93/5 rDev +19.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5
Started off an evening at Brouwers with this brew. Always a fan of rye beers, this is the on Washington beer that leapt off the menu at me. Done!
Pale as a Minnesotan in February, or as golden as John Boehner, depending on how you look at it. Smell was fairly tame, tossing off hops & rye & attendant spiciness.
Dick's Rye Ale didn't disappoint my thirst for rye. The trademark spiciness came through fast & hard, very good rye spike in it, promising & delivering a melange of spicy happiness. Bit of a hop bite, slice of orange behind, but the rye carried this show. Immensely drinkable, the kind of beer where I looked at my pint glass, realized it was 2/3 gone, & wondered precisely where it had gone to. I could have stuck with this one for the night.
Very good beer. My first exposure to Dick's brews, & I wasn't disappointed. I'll try more.
Serving type: on-tap
10-21-2010 07:12:52 | More by maximum12
3.53/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A: Poured a deep straw yellow color with good carbonation and a nice white head.
S: Lemon, tart, rye and grains
T: First impression is lemon, with a tartness. doughy and rye
M: High carbonation, tart, rye with a dry mouthfeel
D: Ok to try I suppose.
Serving type: bottle
05-14-2010 02:46:15 | More by barleywinefiend
3.05/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5
Purchased 11-'09. Consumed 02-'10 in a pint glass.
A - Pours low white head. It has a clear rusty straw color. Almost no continued carbonation. I wish there was a bit mroe froth to this beer.
S - Strong hay smells. Starchy with some pilz-like hops. It has a biting smell, more than you'd expect from 4.5ABV. Only the most faint of pale malt smells.
T - Hoppy bite that snaps like a baby 'gator. Some tangerine peel tastes. Hints of butterscotch with little peeps of cane sugar. Not much yeast flavor despite the sediment in the bottle. I wonder if soem of the spiciness of this beer came from a little bit of dead yeast. The aftertaste is hoppy and a bit acidic.
M - Hard almost crystalline texture. Medium light body though.
D - This is rye beer number 2 for me. Not really that outstanding. Like a lot of IPAs I've had. The rye seems to grant a rough starchy edge to the beer. I was to experiment in my own batch some day.
Serving type: bottle
02-06-2010 14:39:33 | More by jeranbrews
3.13/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
Poured from 12 oz bottle into a pint glass.
Appearance: golden straw color, slightly opaque, with a thin head.
Smell: very mild malt and citrus hops aroma.
Taste: ever so slightly sweet, with those nice citrus hops again. This one seems a little bit buttery. Nothing offensive, but just not really exciting.
Mouthfeel: nice medium body with good carbonation. Nothing to complain about here.
Drinkability: not bad but it doesn't leave me wanting more.
Serving type: bottle
08-05-2009 02:56:46 | More by flagmantho
3.38/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Aroma: a sour somewhat grainy aroma is dominant, sour smell is similar to a very faint brettanomyces character, very low hop aroma, no noticeable esters
Appearance: pale gold color, clear, very thin head that dissipated quickly, after swirling the beer a very thin head persisted for a couple of minutes
Flavor: no noticeable hop flavor, flavor is dominated by bitterness which is moderately high, very little malt character is coming through, diacetyl very noticeable in the finish
Mouthfeel: medium body, highly carbonated, has a very dry finish
Overall impression: seems to be lacking in the spicy rye character found in many rye beers, the sourness may be coming from the rye but seems somewhat out of place, diacetyl is out of place, more rye should have been used to bring more of a rye character to the beer, some aroma hops and grain sweetness would have helped balance the bitterness
Serving type: bottle
02-14-2009 08:43:08 | More by jklinck
3.95/5 rDev +20.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5
Rye Ale
Pours light copper from the botte with a small white head. Good lacing.
Aroma is rye-crisp.
Flavor is slightly sour-bitter with a bit of citrus. Malts are sweet to partially balance the hops and rye.
Overall a tasty and interesting beer.
Mouthfeel is quite good.
Drinkability is exceptional with an abv. of 4.5%
Serving type: bottle
12-18-2008 04:24:39 | More by Spikester
3.05/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Poured from a standard 12oz brown bottle into a pilz glass. The poured poured flat with almost no head. The appearance is straw yellow with a pale haze left from some suspended particles. Taste is ok. It is slightly malty with a hard to describe sweetness coming through and minimal hop flavors. Mouthfeel falls apart. Maybe its just this bottle, but it comes across watery, thin and rather flat with no supporting carbonation. Overall this beer could use a bit more character and some additional priming.
Serving type: bottle
11-23-2008 23:33:48 | More by SickBrew
3.33/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
pours a clear golden yellow with a small white head.
smell is faint, wheat like, touch of citrus.
taste is crisp and clean, rye, dough like, some citrus, ends dry with a little bitterness.
overall a very average brew, good but nothing to write home about.
Serving type: bottle
07-26-2008 01:30:34 | More by froghop
3.05/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
The Rye Ale pours a light golden color with a 2 finger foam head and some pretty sudsy lacing.
The aroma doesn't come through too much. What I get is soft grain and lemon smell. Also pancakes.
The taste is grain malt with a slight tartness on the finish. This is a crisp and clean brew. It is thin in the mouth and leaves some bitterness on the tongue as it leaves and tickles the throat. Overall a middle of the road ale whose characteristics didn't really make themselves apparent.
Serving type: bottle
06-01-2008 23:41:18 | More by cswhitehorse
3.48/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 12 oz brown bottle into a standard ale glass.
A - An apricot shad of golden w/ translucent haze. Particles are seen floating under a 2 finger soapy white head. Visual streams of carbonation rise to the top, but very little lace is deposited.
S - A gentle grain aroma that has a noticeable rye note. Light fruit and a dash of spice are nestled in the nose.
T & M - Highly effervescent as noted before in the appearance category. A dry flavor is felt overall, not much in the way of sweetness. A subtle full body very light on the tongue, very crisp and refreshing. An herbal note appears as it warms. Taste of rye and light malts - the rye flavors appear in a muted way.
D - A palate cleanser for sure, not high in flavor or aroma, but pleasant w/ what it does have to offer. A clean, lighter than full bodied ale and a tasty beer. A touch of rye malt is there in the taste, but not recommended if you don't like fizziness. I would pair this with fried foods like chicken or veal parm.
Serving type: bottle
07-14-2007 02:10:47 | More by Slatetank
3.88/5 rDev +17.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Exceptionally light in appearance, like an American lager bright and brassy with a soft white head held aloft by well-sustained carbonation. The aroma is distant but dry, the lace is widespread though thin.
Dicks Rye has a relaxed malty flavor with nothing leaning too far in any one direction. This makes it companionable with an easiness of drinkability that should lend it broad appeal. A fine thirst quencher or lunch-hour beer. I enjoyed the heck out of it.
Serving type: on-tap
02-18-2005 05:25:52 | More by RedDiamond
3.45/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
A hazy brass-gold with smallish head and good, clinging lace. Bubbles stream upward through the pint glass as if this were soda. Aroma of grass, hay, and grain. The flavor contains a healthy but soft malt flavor, like many golden ales, alongside a decent hop flavor, and a twinge of crisp mintiness from the rye. There's some dead-tasting, sickly-fruit yeast but that can be kept to a minimum with a gentle pour. Mouthfeel is a bit sharp and beady, but refreshing. Quite a good beer from Dick's, although it's kind of a wimpy style.
Serving type: bottle
02-03-2005 01:05:42 | More by Thrasher
1.83/5 rDev -44.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
This beer looks like it might be reasonably decent but appearances can be decieving. Pours a pale color with a thick white head. Smell is sulfury with a hint of rye but mostly sulfur. Tastes sour with metallic hints finishing with rye. Dick, did you bottle the beast and try and pass it off as a microbrew? Poor drinkablitity, I don't think I be drinking this beer again. I'm serious, this beer can be mistaken for milwaukee's beast.
Serving type: bottle
02-02-2004 01:32:28 | More by zacharius
2.85/5 rDev -13.4%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Medium yellow gold color, medium white foamy head. Aroma is grainy (rye), spicy and a touch sweet. Nicely malt, hoppy with some spiciness to it. Nice flavor. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is crisp and dry, slightly spicy. Aftertaste is slightly bitter. A nice light and refreshing beer.
Serving type: bottle
10-04-2003 00:32:00 | More by beerguy101
3.13/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Appearance A light orange body with a decent head that went down quickly and cleanly.
Smell The faint smell of rye is all that I can pick up.
Taste The taste is gratefully bigger than the nose. The sweet, grainy rye flavor comes out at the tongue. Theres also a hop dryness to this one.
Mouthfeel Theres some carbonation in there, but its light and fizzy. This light-medium-bodied beer is refreshing, though.
Drinkability Not bad, but probably wont buy again.
Serving type: bottle
09-22-2003 01:40:10 | More by RoyalT
Rye Ale from Dick's Brewing Company
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According to this story on MLB.com, ex-Astro Ty Wigginton was just non-tendered. He may not be a huge threat, but he could be a cheap, solid LF option for us, especially if we sign Teixeira (and possibly trade Figgins).
Last year with the 'Stros, Ty put up a .285/.350/.526 line with 23 HRs in just 111 games. Essentially, he'd be Juan Rivera 2.0, just with a better OBP. And really, he's more of a sure thing than Rivera.
Just throwing it out there, really... If we can sign Tex and package up Figgy for another starter, Wood can start at 3B and we can sign Wigginton to a cheap, 1 or 2 year deal (he made a little over $4MM in 2008).


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Jacksonville High School boy's cross country Randy Hammontree said that he had mixed emotions about his team's runner-up finish at the 16-4A Cross Country Meet, which took place Thursday on the Tribe's home course at the high school campus.
Jacksonville tallied 50 points and was edged out of first by Lindale's Eagles, who garnered 49 points.
Whitehouse (76) came in third, followed by Nacogdoches (77) and Corsicana (85) — John Tyler did not field a complete unit and was not eligible for the team title.
The top-three schools, plus any runners that finished in the top 10 that were not on one of the top-three teams all advance to the Region II Meet, which takes place on Nov. 2 at Lynn Creek Park at Joe Pool Lake in Grand Prairie.
"I am really surprised on one hand that we were able to get second," Hammontree quipped. "But at the same time some of our guys are disappointed that we finished one point out of first place. We wanted to win it, but we came close. I think that just goes to show that not just the times, but the placings, too, matter a lot."
Hammontree said that he was able to add some speesters who could handle the 5K distance as well late in the season and that the addition of the new team members was just what the doctor ordered for the Indians.
"We added (three kids) late and they all ran well (Thursday) and gave us a boost in the team point total," Hammontree said.
Jeffrey Watson representing Lindale was the first to cross the line in the varsity boys division. He ran a 16:12.
Jacksonville's Jerry Romano took second and finished in a time of 17:04.
"I could hardly sleep any last night," Romano said."I was nervous. I knew that I would not be able to catch Jeffrey Watson because he is super talented, but I wanted to make sure that I could win second place."