The future is not an abstract event.
I've been on DailyKos since before I was old enough to vote, but I've only posted a diary once. It was in the thick of the Israeli-Gaza flotilla fiasco, and after a couple months, I deleted it. I...
View ArticleWhy should Michelle Obama tell parents what to do? The government should...
I'm sick of the government bossing me around. Look at this sickening map of government intrusion. First it was big government passing these restrictive laws forcing us to put our children in seatbelts....
View ArticleShame on the shameful Afghan government
In a move surely to warm the hearts of the GOP, the Afghan government is working to strip women of one of the last of the very few meager protections they've ever had - women's...
View ArticleIs killing a mother "justifiable homicide"?
There's an awesome diary on the rec list about South Dakota's moves to make killing abortion providers legal, never mind that South Dakota has been shooting down pro-life law after pro-life law for the...
View ArticleOn Sacrifice and Hypocrisy.
From the eternally yammering mouth of Sarah Palin:In the posting addressed to "union brothers and sisters," Palin says Wisconsin taxpayers shouldn't be asked to pay for benefits "that are not...
View ArticleSouth Dakota Says NO
As I mentioned offhand in this diary, South Dakota has a history of being hit with these fanatical anti-abortion laws. And, despite being one of the last states in the Union you'd expect to shoot down...
View ArticleDetroit Told To Close Half The Schools
http://www.mlive.com/...Robert Bobb has been given the go-ahead to implement a plan that even he says will essentially destroy the Detroit Public School system. Under the plan to balance the district's...
View ArticleThere really is a liberal bias...
Against the word liberal, that is.Gallup has a new poll where they rank the most conservative and liberal states based on who identifies as conservative or liberal. Mississippi had the most...
View ArticleHomosexuality & Foster Care: A British Court Does The Right Thing
Here in America, we fight for the right to place children in loving homes headed by people who happen to be homosexual. In Britain, they understand that the "loving" part is what is important, and have...
View ArticleAh, Huckabee...so out of touch.
Sarah Palin has always struck me as the gift that keeps on giving. One of those people we'd have to invent if she didn't already exist - perhaps the worst spokeswoman the GOP could possibly have given...
View ArticleYeah, actually, I DO expect my government to be as close to perfect as possible.
...And I have a right to be angry when my government is not performing to my expectations.I thought a lot about this diary. I know that there have been many arguments back and forth about whether it is...
View ArticleWhat The Pell Grant Means To Me
I haven't yet heard any rhetoric from the GOP about freeloading students who live large off the government teat and who need to make sacrifices for the good of America. At least, not yet. But let me...
View ArticleVoters Want A Progressive.
It's a rather common refrain that the only way we can win an election is with a moderate. That what Obama is doing now will help him win the election in 2012 and that those of us who fiercely advocate...
View ArticleI don't care about facts - you guys are MEANIES!
Oops, I guess I'm not supposed to use the word "denier." Would "person who does not accept reality" work better?Buried in this Slate article about D.R. Tucker, a former climate change denialist (oops,...
View ArticleSome thoughts on civility and tone.
Alan Grayson's hilarious diary about Sarah Palin has hit the rec list. Is it not constructive? Does it go too far? Yesterday I wrote a diary that got a fraction of a fraction of the comments Grayson...
View ArticleParental notification laws aren't simply wrong - they make no sense.
The latest slew of so-called parental notification/consent laws for abortion could also be accurately termed we-just-indirectly-admitted-that-the-fetus-is-a-part-of-the-mother's-body laws. Or maybe...
View ArticleObama is term limited, folks. There will be other presidents after Obama.
There are some people on DailyKos who will never criticize Obama. Perhaps they want to show a united front against Republican scheming -- I understand that. Perhaps they genuinely see nothing to...
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Afghanistan Says: No Justice For Bibi Aisha
Apparently holding down a young woman while your son cuts her nose off is not a crime in Afghanistan. Bibi Aisha's former father-in-law has been released from custody because he "did not commit the...
View ArticleWant to cut the deficit? REDUCE UNEMPLOYMENT.
Want to cut the deficit? Reduce the unemployment rate.How does lower unemployment lead to a lower deficit?More tax revenue coming in, less strain on the system.It's not rocket science. It's not even...
View ArticleSaudi Arabian Women Gain Right To Vote!
In February of this year, a group of women marched into a voter registration office and attempted to register. In March, it was announced that women would not be voting in this year's election. Today,...
View ArticleScott Brown Is A Repulsive Tool.
There are some words that describe Elizabeth Warren in a nutshell: Courageous. Tough. Determined. Also: beautiful. Elegant. Classy.Scott Brown is none of these, and he proves it over and over again,...
View ArticleHelp spread Santorum!
Some find it cruel.Some find it childish.Some find it unfair.And some of us think it's hilarious.I'm talking, of course, about Santorum and the spreading thereof.I'm not an expert on how Google search...
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