Video and Lyrics: Running On Empty by Jackson Browne

Another one of my favorite pop-rock anthems - Running on Empty by Jackson Browne.





Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels
Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields
In sixty-five I was seventeen and running up one-on-one
I don't know where Im running now, I'm just running on

Running on - running on empty
Running on - running blind
Running on - running into the sun
But I'm running behind

Gotta do what you can just to keep your love alive
Trying not to confuse it with what you do to survive
In sixty-nine I was twenty-one and I called the road my own
I don't know when that road turned onto the road I'm on

Running on - running on empty
Running on - running blind
Running on - running into the sun
But Im running behind

Everyone I know, everywhere I go
People need some reason to believe
I don't know about anyone but me
If it takes all night, that'll be all right
If I can get you to smile before I leave

Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels
I don't know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels
I look around for the friends that I used to turn to to pull me through
Looking into their eyes I see them running too

Running on - running on empty
Running on - running blind
Running on - running into the sun
But I'm running behind

Honey you really tempt me
You know the way you look so kind
I'd love to stick around but I'm running behind
You know I dont even know what I'm hoping to find
Running into the sun but I'm running behind

A rap from Senator J. Billington Bulworth

In a scene from one of my favorite (but deeply flawed) movies, at a big fundraiser, Senator J. Billington Bulworth grabs the mike, goes out into the well-heeled audience and starts rapping:

One man one vote
Now izzat really real?
The name of our game is
Let's make a deal.

Now people got their problems
The haves and the have-nots.
But the ones that make me listen
Pay for 30-second spots!...

I ain't getting' it in South Central
I'm getting' it in Beverly Hills.
So I'm votin' in the Senate
The way they want me to and
I'm sending 'em my bills.

But we got babies in South Central
Dyin' as young as they do in Peru.
We got public schools that are nightmares
We got a Congress that ain't got a clue...

We got factories closin' down
Where the hell did all the good jobs go?
Well. I'll tell you where they went --
My contributors make more profits
Hiring kids in Mexico.

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John Edwards: Meet the Press

The mainstream media hung fire when it was a "National Enquirer story," but now that he's let the cat out of the bag, those very same journalists seem to be rather enjoying the drawing and quartering of John Edwards

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President Ronald Reagan's thoughts about President George W. Bush

Much thanks for this one to Dean Ericksen, who, along with Jeff Clinton, constantly feed me excellent political, UFO/Grey, bizarre news, and other nuggets for All This Is That.

The photo is obviously from a Reagan inauguration. This quote by President Reagan is from his fairly recently published diaries, edited by Doug Brinkley and published by Harper Collins.

"A moment I've been dreading. George brought his n'er-do-well son around this morning and asked me to find the kid a job. Not the political one who lives in Florida; the one who hangs around here all the time looking shiftless. This so-called kid is already almost 40 and has never had a real job. Maybe I'll call Kinsley over at The New Republic and see if they'll hire him as a contributing editor or something. That looks like easy work." [From THE REAGAN DIARIES - entry dated May 17, 1986]

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"Crazy" Joe Liberman on the VP short list--for McCain

By Pablo Fanque,
All This Is That National Affairs Editor


"Don't move back Mr. President. I'm getting a chubby."

According to a story in the Financial Times by Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Joe Lieberman, former Democratic vice-presidential nominee/Democrat turncoat, who endorsed John McCain for President, is being vetted as a running mate for the Republican presidential hopeful an unnamed McCain advisor said.


From an All This Is That staff artist, two years ago - August 9, 2006


"John, he's all yours. You can have the P.O.S."


The Senator at a Press Conference with Donald Rumsfeld

Although Democrats haven't exactly been buying McCain’s tarnished image as a maverick politician, Mr. Lieberman’s support for the presumptive Republican nominee has the unfortunate effect of making McCain seem more palatable, as a bi-partisan legislator with friends on both sides of the aisle. Lieberman, could also help Mr McCain win over Jewish voters with his steadfast support for Israel.

But you know what? No one likes a rat, and in the end, what is Joe Lieberman but a sawed-off Neo-Republican apologist for Israel who turned his back on his Democratic brothers and sisters in their hour of greatest need? Sure, you'll use a rat; you'll exploit him to get to the next stage, but in the end, a rat is a rat is a rat. People will trust him as far as they can throw him (what is the record for dwarf-tossing, anyway?).

The odds of John McCain surviving two terms in office are not specifically all that good. Eight of 43 Presidents have died in office, and he will be the oldest President ever. Even if he seems palatable as a running mate, not many people on either side of the aisle are ready for a Lieberman Presidency. The republicans know he has certain liberal tendencies they may find unpalatable. The Democrats know he is an unprincipled weasel who shouldn't be trusted with even an obscure subcommittee chairmanship. McCain will come to his senses once this trial balloon is laughed off the table. McCain will come to his senses and pick a nice, bland running mate who can carry one important state, and do no collateral damage.


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Bulworth raps

Bulworth Rap

Politico.com puts John Edwards' Rielle Hunter confession into perspective

Politico.com put the John Edwards confession of an affair with Rielle Hunter into perspective. Not only did he cheat on his wife, and lie, but he risked sinking the entire Democratic party:




"Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, who cast himself as the most electable of Democratic presidential hopefuls, admitted Friday that he held — and lied about — a secret that could have destroyed his campaign and his party’s hopes for the White House.

"Edwards’ confirmation of an extramarital affair with a woman he met in a New York bar shakes the public persona of a man whose image was deeply linked to his role as a devoted husband. It effectively rules him out as a vice presidential nominee, and it may cost him a prime-time speaking slot at the Democratic National Convention — though Edwards is still considering a convention appearance." Jump here to read the full Politico.com story.

Recent John Edwards stories on All This Is That:

Attorney General John Edwards
Ex-Senator John Edwards confesses to sex with Rielle Hunter and admits he is "a lying piece of dog s**t"
John Edwards to take DNA Test in hopes of tamping down baby mama story?
National Enquirer new claim: Rielle Hunter is receiving $15,000 a month hush money/child support from John Edwards' pal
John Edwards takes a final swipe at Sen. Barack Obama, who he says may be living in never-never land
John Edwards/Andrew Young: Who's the father of the "love child"?
The Enquirer John Edwards Affair Story...
John Edwards caught in an affair/"love child" scandal?
The John Edwards-Rielle Hunter "love child" story bubbles along with no new facts or information
Does the paternity of Rielle Hunter's baby determine our next Attorney General?
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Ex-Senator John Edwards confesses to sex with Rielle Hunter and admits he is "a lying piece of dog s**t"

"Former Democratic presidential candidate [and All This Is That favorite] John Edwards on Friday admitted to an extramarital affair while his wife was battling cancer.

"The story is false, it's completely untrue, it's ridiculous," John Edwards, October, 2007.

He denied fathering the woman's daughter. Edwards told ABC News that he lied repeatedly about the affair with 42-year-old Rielle Hunter but said that he didn't love her. " Jump here to read the sordid story.
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Senator Larry Craig (yes, he's still a Senator) to skip GOP Convention in St. Paul

Senator Larry Craig (R. - Idaho), in his element

Among prominent no-shows to the Republican Convention in St. Paul later this month(indicted Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska, Sen. Gordon Smith of Oregon, Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina and Susan Collins of Maine,...every one facing major challenges to their re-election), is none other than Senator Larry Craig. He'll be busy working on an appeal that could allow him to change his guilty plea on bathroom cruising and footplay charges. The appeal will be heard in Minneapolis (the scene of the crime) the week after the G.O.P. coronation of John McCain...
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A video anthology of Senator John McCain's recent brain meltdowns

This spooky compilation comes from TPMtv. While Senator McCain flings innuendo, Britney and Hilton ads, and even worse Senator Obama's way, his brain-freezes, confusion, and befuddlement stand out in stark juxtaposition to Obama's appearances and statements to the press.


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Painting: The Decapitation

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Portrait of Dean Ericksen, rival blogger, religious philosopher, eco-geek

Dean is the proprietor of Almost There In No Time, a notoriously scandalous and libelous blog based in the Seattle area.

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