As we watch the media applaud Britney Spears' latest television appearence, an ice shelf the size of Northern Ireland is about to fall into the sea.

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As we all know, Florida and Michigan are a mess.

Let's assuming either a re-vote or a caucus will occur.  Some kind of do-over is needed.

Follow me for why a caucus would be more fair.

This is probably a little shallow for an entire diary, but I can't help it since I haven't seen any diaries on some of the points in the debate last night.

Let me say, if Hillary wins the primary, I will vote for her in the general election.  No problem there.

But last night, Obama proved once again why he is a better choice for our next president.

Discussion on the other side.

Obama supporters need to be informed about Hillary Clinton's "527" group the American Leadership Project (ALP).

The ALP is trying to raise $10 million for the races in Ohio and Texas.  

Politico.com has more here.

Accoding to the Associated Press:

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said Wednesday that two women used as suicide bombers in attacks earlier this month had undergone psychiatric treatment but there is no indication they had Down syndrome as Iraqi and U.S. officials initially had claimed.

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"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."-Gandhi by Chamonix

More on the flip:

For the love of God, I'm sick of the media, pundits, and Associated Press telling us what to believe.

From this article, you'd get the impression that men overwhelmingly vote for Barack Obama, while Hillary Clinton gets most of the women and Latino vote.  

This is not true!  Follow me for why.

Note: I used to think all exit polling was the same. But thanks to MissLaura, I've seen the light that exit polling in the US is much different from exit polling in other countries, where they are looking for voter fraud.

Some will snide this announcement.  But look for an official statement tomrorrow.

Fired Up!

Hi eaters,

Burger King is still insisting it can't afford to pay tomato pickers a penny more per pound.  A new public relations campaign by BK alledges that workers make $12.46 an hour.  But Angel Aguilar, a 36-year-old picker from Mexico, says: "It’s a gigantic lie to say we earn $12.46 an hour.  If they were to ask all of us, who earns $12.46 an hour, nobody would raise their hands."

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers--a community-based worker organization--also reports new allegations of abuse of workers, including being locked in trucks, chained and beaten by bosses for trying to escape.  The King is ever trying to fine others that want to give the raise.  

More on the other side.

I want to apologize.  

My last diary was titled, "When did Hillary lose you?" and it was a chance for me, and some others, to sound off about our mutual frustrations with the current leading candidate of the Democratic Party. That diary was not very optimistic. It wasn't meant to be mean--I like Hillary well enough as a person--but I find her tough to swollow as a politian. Nonetheless, the diary did little to forward a progessive agenda.  

And there's been many more diaries that have done roughly the same thing.

Let me start by saying that I am a man, and I would love to see a female president.  I would go as far as to say that women would probably make better leaders and they certainly deserve a shot at it, after being shunned for thousands of years.

But Hillary Clinton, I cannot support.

Have you been watching the debates, wondering who this old guy from Alaska is that keeps telling us we can cure the world?  At first, I thought he was just too nuts to even be considered a real candidate.  But as time goes on, I've come to see him (as well as Dennis Kucinich) as one of the only honest candidates out there.

[Allow me to don a tin hat because it can't hurt to consider the possibilities.]

What does 911, Christianity, the Federal Reserve, income taxes and perpetual war have in common? Much more than you might originally think.  

Please Watch this amazing free movie. Watch Zeitgeist for free here.

Finally it's starting to look like Republicans will have to really put up or shut up about filibustering the Senate.  Since November, Republicans have been threatening filibuster on just about everything the Democrats want to pass.  So let them.

Hi Everybody! (Doctor Nick Riviera's voice)

I want to take a minute to remind everyone to go see Michael Moore's new film Sicko.  It's not only a well made entertaining movie, but it's also important to our nation and our health.  

Apologies if this has already been diaried.  

According to the Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, Turkey has 140,000 troops near the border of Iraq.  Could they be ready to take on the Kurds?  Maybe not, but what if someone random provokes a conflict with Turkey?  Then Turkey would have the excuse to invade in the name of National Security (you know, the Bush Doctrine).  This brings to mind the conflict between Lebanon and Isreal last year.

While facing so many immediate (Iraq War) and scary (global warming) problems, we sometimes might forget how truly broke we're getting.  We're not just broke, we're in debt to the tune of over 1/2 a million dollars per "household".

The following 7 Democratic Representatives voted to support Bush’s veto:

Barrow (D-GA)
Boren (D-OK)
Davis, Lincoln (D-TN)
Marshall (D-GA)
Matheson (D-UT)
McNulty (D-NY)
Taylor (D-MI)

Asking them why is a reasonable request.