A News Story From the Future?
Ruilers Newswire - August 7, 2007 Whitehouse press secretary Tony Snow today answered questions about a newly revealed terrorism prevention program. Documents leaked to the New York Times reveal...
View ArticleThe Revolution Will Be Localized
Recently, I visited a friend that teaches at a typical small state university. Over an assortment of delightful micro-brew beers, we discussed the many problems and complaints one commonly finds on a...
View ArticleA Candidate Comparison Tool (help needed)
My girlfriend is an interesting portrait of political contrasts. She sometimes describes herself as a 'conservative', but when you talk to her about the issues, she tends to land on the liberal side...
View ArticleNo More (a poem about November)
It is rare, but occasionally I am driven to bursts of poetry. It has been a few years, but tonight, while killing time in a hotel room in Austin while on a business trip, thinking about all that has...
View ArticleRanking the Candidates by their 'Clinton Score'
We have a unique opportunity this election. The remaining candidates are both sitting members of the Senate. That allows us to go beyond just examining their stated platforms to actually compare...
View ArticleThe Diary That Wins the Election
I was going to write a killer diary, one so insightful and pithy that it would take the Internet by storm, be emailed from friend to friend, change all sorts of minds and assure a Democratic landslide...
View ArticlePatriotism, not Racism
I've heard it expressed that African American support for Barack Obama is driven largely by a sort of racism... blacks sticking up for blacks. I don't buy it. You only need look at past elections to...
View ArticleLosing hope. Leaving America. UPDATED
I come home to find her in bed, crying. The pain is so bad she can't move. Her back had been getting better, or so we thought, but then something 'popped', and the pain became unbearable. I hold her...
View ArticleCan you hear us now, Senator Baucus? UPDATED
Max Baucus, Senior Senator from Montana, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, has a hearing problem. He can't seem to hear the voices of his constituents crying out for real health care reform that...
View ArticleIMPORTANT: Tea-bagger Town-hall Plans Revealed
I almost missed irmaly's excellent diary before it dropped off the diary list. It details information about the tea-bagging anti-reformers, their plans to demonstrate, and the recess town halls they...
View ArticleCountering Another Health Care Lie
Several weeks ago I hosted an OFA health care party. One of the people who attended was an elderly conservative woman that has stayed in touch with me since. She remains very skeptical of the current...
View ArticleBuy tickets to NN and help recall Republicans
My girlfriend and I had planned to attend Netroots Nation as part of our vacation, but something has come up that will keep us from attending. As a result I have a couple of tickets I am willing to...
View ArticleRedacted Democratic Response to Nunes Memo Released
A redacted version of the Democratic response memo to the Republican / Nunes memo attacking the FBI has been released. Despite a variety of areas where entire sentences or even paragraphs were blacked...
View Article"Mueller is playing poker with a whole extra deck stuffed up his sleeve"
I had a conversation the other day with an old friend who does consulting for the intelligence community. He wouldn't admit to working on the Trump/Russia investigation, but I know he works with people...
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