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RJ Eskow: Rapid Response Playbook: 15 Counterpunches to the "90% Bush/Pork Barrel Palin" Convention
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — We've just seen the end of a four-day orgy of lies and gratuitous, harsh, baseless attacks. There's nothing like watching mean white people get all hepped up on Bloody Marys and Ovaltine, then attacking anybody who doesn't look or act like them. (Anybody miss Rep. Westmoreland's "uppity" comment about Sen. and Mrs. Obama?) Sure, I was moved by John McCain's recounting of his prisoner days. And the conclusion of his political speech was great political theater. But that's all it was: theater. Time to fight back, hard, and not by staying on the defensive. Here are fifteen clear, forceful statements Democrats and independents ...

The BAGnewsSALON: 9/11: Looking Back From Now
BAGnewsNotes — Continuing our special features here at BNN, we would like to invite you to another edition of the BAGnewsSALON. This on-line real-time discussion, titled 9/11: Looking Back From Now, will be held here Thursday evening 5-6:30 PST, 8 - 9:30 EST. Schedule participants include noted visual academics Loret Steinberg (U. of Rochester); Bob Hariman (Northwestern U.); Nathan Stormer (U. of Maine); John Lucaites (U. of Indiana) and Marita Sturken (N.Y.U.). We are also expecting respected photojournalists Alan Chin, Nina Berman and Lori Grinker (all BNN contributers), as well as Tim Fadek and ...