An Old Platform for a New Year
I believe.... Our federal, state and local governments shall be proactive in nurturing and protecting its citizens. The federal government has a duty and responsibility to each and every one of its...
View ArticleI couldn't believe my ears
So, stuck in a transitless NYC. Unlike many of the whities, I don't have a problem with this. Sure it sucks. Sure I'm not making any money this week. BUt it's one more excuse, (which I probably...
View ArticleFamily Breaking Over Immigration
I have a sad story which has been a long time developing, and just got sadder three weekends ago. My Dad and I are uber liberal, my mom roosevelt liberal, my older sister plain conservative, my...
View ArticleThe Second Coming. W.B. Yeats
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and...
View ArticleClass Action Giant Gets Served
Sort of surprised that no one seems to have caught this. And for the record, I'm a novice in the law--though I do have some privileged information. There will be a press-conference in an hour or so...
View ArticleI got my DailyKos T-Shirt in the Mail
It came! It came! It came! What you ask? National healthcare? Withdrawal from Iraq? Courageous Congressmen? Well, I suppose Congressmen are coming all the time, but that's another story. I ordered...
View ArticleNYT Magazine: Jack Carter Interview
I was glad to see that Jack Carter was getting some press in the New York Times Magazine, until I saw who was covering him. Deborah Solomon. Ohhh, I suppose she isn't too bad, but what a waste of...
View ArticlePlease Don't Include me in Your Prayers
It's not that I don't appreciate the sentiment. The fact that you care means a lot to me. It does. But it's that I don't appreciate the form of sentiment. I'm an atheist right? Even were I not an...
View ArticleMy Girlfriend's Healthcare Nightmare
Almost every night this weekend, and many nights before this, going all the way back into March, I have watched my girlfriend cry herself to sleep -- convulsing in pain. She has no healthcare. I have...
View ArticleAP HIT PIECE ON REID
Kos pointed out a few days ago another John Solomon piece defaming Reid. This time pointing out that Reid supposedly netted over a million dollars on a Las Vegas property. Media matters set the record...
View ArticleEndorse this, Kos!
Kos wrote a diary today detailing his policy on advertisement. It was very thoughtful, and very logical--but I disagree with it whole heartedly. Here's why...http://kos.dailykos.com/
View ArticleArmy of One (Morning War Poetry)
I'm no poet.A C&L post this morning got me thinking...that's all.
View ArticleI used to like blondes
This is a fluff diary. If you're looking for information stop here.I was thinking the other day, (my girlfriend, bless her soul, knows this already) how I used to eye every blonde on the subway,...
View ArticleHacking my way through hacks (a rant)
God! I'm so sick of the rhetoric! Like all of you, I'm lining up our political candidates, trying to observe and learn about the best one to pick for the primary. I'd always been a fan of Hillary....
View ArticleI just got my Glenn Greenwald Book!
I remember how excited I was the day I got my Daily Kos T-shirt, (see my diary), and now again, thrilled by my new book. Too bad I'm at work and can't read it now!
View ArticleFantasy and Politics meet at last! well again at anyrate
Hi all, I'm writing a fantasy politics blog. It's a simple idea really. Much of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis influence was World War II. So my inspiration is the Bush years. I have two posts up already,...
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