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This clip has been making the rounds on the Internet, so odds are you’ve seen it. If you haven’t, you should watch it, preferably in HD at Vimeo. At the very least, click the title of this post to see it full size. :)

The premise is simple: Matthew Harding took a trip to 42 countries to film short clips of him doing a silly dance, sometimes alone, sometimes with lots of local folks, often in beautiful locations. The result is this 4:28 video.

I’m proud to share the fact that this guy is from Connecticut. They don’t call us nutmeggers for nothing.

Update: The song is (called Praan) is available at Amazon’s MP3 store. The web site for the project is, appropriately, wherethehellismatt.com, where there are more videos and maps.

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I don’t have time, unfortunately, to really rip into this, but the Republican continue to demonstrate amazing hypocrisy by fillibustering EVERY bill they dislike even a portion of. It’s insane. Even more insane is that fact that I haven’t read about this on CNN.com or NYTimes.com. There isn’t one story about this on the Times’ political page or on CNN’s political page. Not one story! When the Democrats considering filibustering one judicial nominee, it was the end of the world. Nuclear option! Obstructionist! Apparently, It’s OK If You’re a Republican.

Fortunately, at least there are bloggers covering this story so we can get some word out. Hilzoy has the best rundown of the tactics that Republicans are using. Read it. They’re not only filibustering bills, but they’re stalling on conference appointments*. This is egregious and beyond any reasonable interpretation of how a minority party should behave.

I also agree with Hilzoy and others who would ask Reid to cancel the August recess if the Republicans want to filibuster. Let them talk, just keep them there until the bills get to a vote. I’m going to write Dodd, Lieberman, and Reid this weekend on this issue. Please send them a note, too.

(and keep your eye out for the Republican talking points about how Democrats can’t accomplish anything in Congress… it’s sure to be on CNN soon, since they don’t seem to report anything that isn’t in a RNC memo.)


* bills passed by the House and Senate often differ, and a conference committee is formed with members of both parties from both houses to reconcile the two bills. The bill isn’t law until they reconcile these. Wikipedia has more on conference committees.
9:30 am | 1 comment

The Republicans are filibustering nearly everything that comes up in the Senate. Not just some things, but everything. So, while the house has passed some 293 separate bills, the Senate hasn’t moved on most of them.

A year ago, Republicans and the media that parrots their talking points would’ve been up in arms about obstructionist Democrats and the evils of procedural delays and/or ‘filibusters’ to obeying the will of the people. Now the Republicans are in the minority, are doing the same thing, but there’s not even a peep of this out of the major media outlets.

And they say that the media is liberal. Bullshit. They’re Republican through and through.

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