Big Dan's Big News Apr 27, 2008

If you have ever said anything about Obama's Pastor Rev. Wright, and you don't watch this, then shut the fuck up! Because you are an easily brainwashed media soundbite idiot who should have their voting rights revoked!

This clip first shows you the 15-second soundbite the corporate media looped over and over and over again, to get you to hate Rev. Wright, then it shows the whole sermon it was extracted from , then an in depth interview of Rev. Wright by Bill Moyers.

THEN...if you still hate Rev. Wright, you can voice your concerns!

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● Obama pastor: I had death threatsJeremiah Wright re-emerges to say his church has been threatened with attack just as the Democratic race heads for its last big contest

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● Bell Supporters Want Federal Charges Against Cops. Plan To Continue Rallies, Marches In Protest. NEW YORK (CBS) ― With calls to shut down the city, hundreds of demonstrators launched the start of what could be a long series of protests following the acquittal of three New York City Detectives in the shooting death of Sean Bell.

● Sharpton To Lead Campaign Of Civil Disobedience. “It did not take fifty bullets to realize no one’s shooting back,” said one citizen during protests following the acquittal of three New York detectives in the shooting death of 24-year-old Sean Bell. Among those outraged by the verdict is Rev. Al Sharpton, saying on April 25 that he will protest by leading a peaceful, but effective, campaign of civil disobedience against New York City. Sean Hennessey reports. This video is from CBS2 New York, broadcast April 25, 2008.

● Angry march in Harlem over police acquittals in slaying. (04-27) 04:00 PDT New York -- Hundreds of angry people marched through Harlem on Saturday after the Rev. Al Sharpton promised to "close this city down" to protest the acquittals of three police detectives in a 50-shot barrage that killed a groom on his wedding day and wounded two friends.

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Yesterday the Department of Defense announced the creation of the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine, which will go by the happy acronym AFIRM. According to DOD's news service, AFIRM will "harness stem cell research and technology … to reconstruct new skin, muscles and tendons, and even ears, noses and fingers." The government is budgeting $250 million in public and private money for the project's first five years. NIH and three universities will be on the team.

● Rearming America. The military's plan to regrow body parts.

● Regenerative Medicine Seen as Means to Repair Wounded Warriors



● The Pentagon Strangles Our Economy: Why the U.S. Has Gone Broke. 60 years of enormous military spending is taking a dramatic toll on the rest of the economy.

Click on picture below, for Ben's BB Demonstration of how much of our taxes are going to military spending (and NOT soldiers' pay & healthcare):



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"But over a seven-month period beginning last summer, Mr. McCain’s cash-short campaign gave itself an advantage by using a corporate jet owned by a company headed by his wife, Cindy McCain, according to public records. For five of those months, the plane was used almost exclusively for campaign-related purposes, those records show.

Mr. McCain’s campaign paid a total of $241,149 for the use of that plane from last August through February, records show. That amount is approximately the cost of chartering a similar jet for a month or two, according to industry estimates."

● Remember rightwing "news" (lol) making a big stinkin' deal about Gore using a jet? Not a word from them about McCain using his millionaire beer heiress' wife's jet...Last year, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) backed legislation requiring presidential candidates to pay the actual cost of flying on corporate jets. He also promised not to use his wife’s personal wealth for his presidential nomination. Yet The New York Times is reporting that McCain repeatedly used Cindy McCain’s corporate jet at very little cost to his campaign (click here)

● Google "Gore" & "Jet":

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Other News:

● Bowling 1, Health Care 0; Elizabeth Edwards: Media are giving Americans only ‘Cliffs Notes’ of campaign news.

● Elizabeth Edwards On Health Care: ‘This Is Not A Cheap Shot; It Is Potentially Life And Death’

● Wall Street Journal on Brink of Becoming Journalistic Disaster. WSJ's managing editor resigns, leaving Murdoch one step closer to having a monopoly on New York news.

● NYTimes: The Justice Department has told Congress that American intelligence operatives attempting to thwart terrorist attacks can legally use interrogation methods that might otherwise be prohibited under international law.

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Harold & Kumar


● Gitmo Injustices Get Satirical Treatment From Harold & Kumar. The iconic teens come face to face with the injustices at Gitmo -- and young audiences are going to eat it up.




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● The New Daily NEPA/AAA DAILY GAS RECORD:

Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton Regular Mid Premium Diesel
Current $3.603 $3.799 $3.966 $4.439
Yesterday $3.593 $3.788 $3.956 $4.440
Month Ago $3.243 $3.419 $3.570 $4.253
Year Ago $2.827 $2.980 $3.111 $2.926

Highest Recorded Price:

Regular Unl. $3.603 4/27/2008
Dsl. $4.444 4/22/2008

Special commentary by Big Dan: "When Bush began his presidency, gas was $1.46 and now it's $3.60. A tank of gas cost me $20. NOW...the same tank of gas costs me $54!!! And heating oil was $4 gallon!!!"