****Friday Good News Roundup*******

[cali]

No doubt there was bad news this week, and plenty of it, but there was also good news. Here's five items to start with. Please add your own.

Mark Warner is running for Senate in Virginia.

Jean Shaheen is running for Senate in New Hampshire.

The states won a biggie in Federal Court enabling them to regulate auto emissions

Harry Reid rejected a possible Ted Olsen nomination, and Pat Leahy reiterated that there would be NO confirmation hearings for any nominee until he got certain subpoenaed material.

The Senate rejected Bush's nominee to be CIA chief counsel because of his support for torture.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. so what will be the news dump from the WH?

some other resignations? indictments?

[cali]

5. AG nomination? n/t

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. they are too pleased with Clement.

if they do nominate someone, it will be for show and just to piss off he Democrats.

[sibelian]

2. Um....Non-stick chewing gum?

http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article2961280.ece

Not exactly earth shattering...

[underpants]

3. and the AP headline says "Bush preserves big troop level in Iraq "

:bounce: sorry try again you miserable hump

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070914/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_iraq_391

[n2doc]

4. kicking for later- I love this thread idea n/t

[GliderGuider]

6. Election news in Ontario

NDP Boss Back From the Dead

Two days ago it was a combined tax cut (for people earning $80,000 or less) and tax hike (for corporations and people earning above $150,000).

Yesterday it was an immediate hike in the minimum wage from $8 to $10 and a rollback in the 25 per cent pay hike that MPPs gave themselves late last year.

Yay! Now these are election promises that I can support!

[Ian David]

8. And most importantly, Jon Stewart will be hosting The Oscars again...

and Olbermann is beating Captain Phonesex in the ratings.

[againes654]

9. The NJ senator

that said he wouldn't follow fed regulation on health care.

[NanceGreggs]

10. This is such a GREAT idea, cali!

Thanks!

[cali]

11. Nance, I'd love to take credit for this but I can't

I think it was LeftCoast who started it last week. That's who deserves ALL the credit. But please, add something if you can think of anything.

[eppur_se_muova]

12. Child mortality 'record low', World Bank under scrutiny, Chinese Web leaky, Led Zep reunion

Child mortality 'at record low'
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1795504&mesg_id=1795504

Graft inquiry condemns World Bank
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2989783&mesg_id=2989783

Chinese web filtering 'erratic' (BBC)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1793285&mesg_id=1793285

Led Zeppelin confirm reunion gig (BBC)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=210&topic_id=20184&mesg_id=20184

(OK, some of that's *relative* good news, but under Bu**sh** that's what's available.)

[ananda]

13. All very fine and dandy except that..

many thousands and millions of good Americans
are still suffering, and millions of Iraqis are dying
and suffering.. all because of Bushinc and a
complicit court and Congress.

[cali]

14. Do you honestly think we don't know that, those of

us posting good news? Do you believe that ignoring the good news is actually better. There are tons of threads in every forum detailing the prolific bad news. Join one.

Keeping hope alive is a good thing. Sad you can't see that.

[hang a left]

15. Well there are hundreds of other threads sponsoring the bad news.

It is nice to have a thread with just some good news.

[LeftCoast]

16. CT-Sen: Lamont would win rematch

CT-Sen: Lamont would win rematch
Daily Kos commissioned the following poll from independent pollster Research 2000:

Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 9/10-12. Likely voters. MoE 4% (No trend lines)

For whom did you vote for in the 2006 race for U.S. Senate, Ned Lamont, the Democrat, Alan Schlesinger, the Republican, or Joe Lieberman, an Independent?

Lieberman Lamont Schlesinger
All 49 42 9
Dem 34 62 4
Rep 67 10 23
Ind 53 41 6


If you could vote again for U.S. Senate, would you vote for Ned Lamont, the Democrat, Alan Schlesinger, the Republican, or Joe Lieberman, an Independent?

Lieberman Lamont Schlesinger
All 40 48 10
Dem 25 72 3
Rep 69 7 24
Ind 38 49 9

Lieberman won 50-40-10 in 2006, so the poll tracks closely. But even if you account for a slight Lamont bias, it still looks like buyer's remorse. Full polling memo from R2K below the fold.

*snip*

[LeftCoast]

17. Here's some good news on the environmental front:

Federal judge gives boost to states on limiting vehicle emissions

States can limit vehicle emissions of gases that contribute to global warming despite the Bush administration's refusal to do so, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, rejecting the auto industry's challenge to a Vermont statute and spurring optimism among supporters of a pioneering law in California.

In a 240-page decision, U.S. District Judge William Sessions in Montpelier, Vt., emphatically rejected automakers' central argument against the laws in both states - that the only way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is to increase fuel economy, an area regulated exclusively by the federal government.

"Nothing in (federal law) indicates that Congress intended to displace emission regulation by California that would have an effect on fuel economy," Sessions said, noting that Vermont's law is identical to California's 2002 statute. He also denied the industry's claims that state regulation would make cars unaffordable and unsafe.

The ruling raises the stakes in a separate review of California's law by the Environmental Protection Agency. Sessions noted that the laws in California, Vermont and 10 other states that have followed the California model will become unenforceable if the EPA denies California a waiver allowing the state to impose stricter controls on air pollutants than the federal government does.

The EPA has been considering California's request for nearly two years. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has threatened to sue the federal agency unless it acts by Oct. 25.

*snip*

[cali]

18. Hi LC,

glad to see that posted! I did mention it in my OP, but I don't do near as good a job as you.

[LeftCoast]

20. Hi Cali!

I've been saving up some stories. I'll post them so we can share the good news! :D

:hi:

[LeftCoast]

19. Bad news for GOP = Good news for us!

GOP struggles with identity crisis

It is the party of Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan, but today there is an identity crisis roiling the Republican Party as it approaches the 2008 election - as GOP moderates and conservatives confronting the Iraq war, corruption and the declining profile of President Bush engage in a heated debate over just whose party it will be in the future.

The painful struggle for the soul of the GOP was played out here at the state convention of the California Republican Party, the nation's largest, in shockingly different speeches by two leading GOP governors this weekend.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has championed "post-partisan" cooperation, issued a bold call for a return to Reagan's "big tent" and moderation during the opening night of the GOP gathering of 1,400 Friday. He warned conservative party activists who dominate the GOP to take the conciliatory middle of the road - court independents and address issues such as global warming and health care - or watch their party "dying at the box office."

Minutes later, conservative Texas Gov. Rick Perry shattered that mood with an incendiary address deriding Schwarzenegger-style moderation and decrying California's "bankrupt, liberal political philosophy"- exhorting Republicans to stand their ground on social issues such as abortion and gay marriage. And without ever mentioning the California governor's name, Perry launched a blistering attack clearly aimed at his direction.

*snip* (read the rest...it's worth it!)

[LeftCoast]

21. Military shifting donations to Democrats

Military shifting donations to Democrats

As the Iraq war drags on and US casualties mount, members of the military appear to be showing their discontent by donating more to Democrats, a campaign finance watchdog group said today.

Service members have traditionally supported the Republican Party, but there has been a dramatic shift since the war started in 2003 away from financial backing for GOP candidates for president and Congress, the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics said.

So far this year and in the 2004 election, about 40 percent of contributions from donors identifiable as military members has gone to Democrats, compared to about one fourth in the 2000 and 2002 cycles, the center's study said. Service members gave about $1.8 million in the 2004 cycle and about $330,000 this year, the study said.

Democrat Barack Obama, who is calling for a troop withdrawal to start immediately, has received the most of any presidential candidate from uniformed service members -- about $27,000.

*snip*

[Vinca]

22. Here's my good news -

our local paper, The Brattleboro (VT) Reformer, did not put Shrub and his "success" story on the front page. Rather, they gave him a few paragraphs on page 6 and no photo.

[LeftCoast]

23. This one's a great Human Interest story

His lucky star: Hunk Colin Farrell's touching friendship with street guy shows what a class act he is

he beggars of Yorkville have eyes as big as pans these days.

All those film stars. All that spare change.

But a street regular known as Stress has struck gold. Pure Irish gold ...

Lunchtime. Eighty fans with Kodaks and pens are poised outside the InterContinental Hotel on Bloor St.

The brass door spits out an A-lister. Colin Farrell.

*snip* (read all about how Colin Farrell totally changes one homeless guy's life!)

[bhumikag]

24. one big failure

great!! some very good news..especially the one on emission control and on the confirmation hearing..but there is big bad news too..

Pres Bush national address circus..fails to deliver!!

bhumika
politics desk,the newsroom

[LeftCoast]

25. If you like this thread, please don't forget to K & R!

Thanks!

:hi:

[brer cat]

26. Second day of rain for parched North Georgia!

Great news for fall gardens. We are counting on ours to help keep our food cost down this winter.

[AspenRose]

27. Personal good news (I hope)

I should be delivering my second child (another boy) any day now. Due date is the 20th, but the doctor says I'm ready now. I told him it doesn't matter if WE're ready....what matters is if BABY is ready. :D

So if you don't see me around here for a while you'll know why :D

[LeftCoast]

28. Wow! Congrats!

:toast:

[cali]

29. Congratulations, and if you can

drop in and tell us about him.

[rocktivity]

30. I consider the MoveOn ad a win for us

It put Petraeus on the spot, made a mockery of the Bush strategy and forced them to say they'd start drawing down troops in December instead of April. All the Rethugs could do was whine about name-calling while the Dems refused to mount a censure vote and Rudy Guiliani accused the New York Times of giving MoveOn a VERY "liberal" discount. It turns out that any advocacy group can get the discount if they allow the Times to run their ad any time within seven days!

:party:
rocknation

[LeftCoast]

32. I've been kinda 'meh' on the Move-on ad, but

seeing how pissed off it got the Republicans has me liking it more and more. :)

[rocktivity]

35. And it's turning into the gift that keeps on giving!

...The American Conservative Union went so far as to file a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission, claiming that MoveOn and the New York Times Co. violated the "Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, and the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002.

But at the end of the week, when his campaign took out an ad in the Times advocating the opposite point of view, Giuliani paid the going rate for a full-page standby ad in the Times: $65,000...A campaign spokeswoman...said it was told by the newspaper that it was being charged the same standard rate MoveOn was charged...
link

Sounds like somebody owes MoveOn an apology!

:evilgrin:
rocknation

[rocktivity]

31. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy...has vowed not to hold a confirmation hearing

until the White House ceases withholding information subpoenaed by Democrats on U.S. attorneys and warrantless surveillance. “We can’t have a hearing until we get some of the information we subpoenaed,” he reiterated Wednesday...

(Link)

:bounce:
rocknation

[LeftCoast]

33. Mid-day *kick*

:kick:

[rosesaylavee]

34. Today was GONZO's LAST DAY!!!!!!!

[LeftCoast]

36. Late night kick

:kick: