Defending Obama’s Foreign Policy
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By Tom Hayden
September 29, 2008

It is as if frustration with Obama is greater than anything some people on the left feel towards McCain. I feel their pain, but let me offer this formula: no candidate will move further left than their base demands and public opinion allows.

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I personally wish he hadn’t, but Obama has decided to close off any possible attacks from the right or the media on his national security policies and credentials. I believe that this stance will have serious consequences, like John Kennedy encountered at the Bay of Pigs. But I also know that his position is a political one, and can be (and should be) taken up by the left after election day.

-Shorter Messer Hayden: Hold your nose and pull the lever you stinking Hippies.

And in other news:

• End of Iraq’s Awakening?
• The Next Step on the Bailout.
• Suspected U.S. missile strike kills 6 in Pakistan

Carpenter’s Falls.

Don’t be afraid to adjust your monitors, this turned out a bit darker than I thought at first. Also, of course, click to enlarge.

Camping away my days…

Upper Left: The trees before the Falls. Upper Right: Fillmore Glen Falls, close up. Lower Left: The creek bed. Lower Right: The pool.

Talk about a challenge, finding enough light to make it look earlier than it was without making it seem dawn had already come. Makes you appreciate the human eye all the more.

Crystal Clear, originally uploaded by Jamie Amodeo.

Spring got it’s official kick off with a hike up the Gorge trail today. It was a pleasant 64 degrees and sunny. No rain for the first time in week or two. But man was I dehydrated. Not hung over, but pretty parched.

Band practice last night. It was our second go at it and things are beginning to look promising. There are still major issues; I’m handling singing duties, which is better than playing bass, but I look forward to playing lead guitar. I’m not sure if there is any videographic evidence I’d want to post yet. Maybe after next weeks rehearsal.

Rough Set List:

• Burden in my Hand - Audioslave (the chorus kills my voice, I’m not a singer).
• Breed - Nirvana (Our most solid song, I.E. the only one we can play all the way through and if it weren’t for my singing it’d sound just like the album.
• Let Down - Radiohead (Oddball of the set, I love the song and am trying to get the others to see my grungy alternate version I have in my head).
• Crackerman - Stone Temple Pilots (We’re getting to it).