Executive Action: Emergency ban on gun sales?
Yesterday I published a diary suggesting that President Obama declare an emergency that would allow him to ban gun sales until such time as Congress would enact some kind of meaningful gun control....
View ArticleDemocrats want to lose in 2010
Well, I don't really believe my own title on a conscious level, but what other explanation can there be for the health care bill? It will pass, Obama will sign it, taxes will be levied, and it will...
View Articlewhy tomorrow makes me disgusted to read DailyKos
I don't know why, I just thought I would get a head start. But the rate this health care thing is going, I feel that I am on solid ground with this title. Let's think: tomorrow it will be, what?...
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The coalition that swept the Democrats and Barack Obama into power consisted of a lot of different interests, demanding great change in the federal government. Thanks to the Culture Wars of the 1980s...
View ArticlePresident Boehner restarts the culture wars
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View Articlehow much money does the military have?
Thanks to other diarists, we've seen all the charts and graphs that show the data: Defense spending doubling in real terms in ten years, Afghanistan a billion dollars a day, etc. For the non data...
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I don't mean this as snark -- last night was one of the most powerful and empowering nights of speeches I've ever seen. I was reminded of why I thought so highly of these people (especially President...
View ArticleKaili Joy Gray appreciation diary
Kaili Joy Gray first came to my attention when she published a heartbreaking diary about the death of a close friend. It was raw, passionate and illuminating all at once. I was in awe of her power,...
View ArticleIt's not a personality contest
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With the shutdown behind us, the next two months will be spent on negotiations of the infamous "grand bargain," which to the Village insiders means cuts to social security and medicare. We must fight...
View ArticleExecutive Action: Emergency ban on gun sales?
Yesterday I published a diary suggesting that President Obama declare an emergency that would allow him to ban gun sales until such time as Congress would enact some kind of meaningful gun control....
View ArticleDemocrats want to lose in 2010
Well, I don't really believe my own title on a conscious level, but what other explanation can there be for the health care bill? It will pass, Obama will sign it, taxes will be levied, and it will...
View Articlewhy tomorrow makes me disgusted to read DailyKos
I don't know why, I just thought I would get a head start. But the rate this health care thing is going, I feel that I am on solid ground with this title. Let's think: tomorrow it will be, what?...
View ArticleArts Need Major Support This Year (w/poll)
The coalition that swept the Democrats and Barack Obama into power consisted of a lot of different interests, demanding great change in the federal government. Thanks to the Culture Wars of the 1980s...
View ArticlePresident Boehner restarts the culture wars
Yes, it's true. Incoming speaker John Boehner and majority leader Eric Cantor are demanding that the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery close its featured current exhibit, which...
View Articlehow much money does the military have?
Thanks to other diarists, we've seen all the charts and graphs that show the data: Defense spending doubling in real terms in ten years, Afghanistan a billion dollars a day, etc. For the non data...
View ArticleDNC: Where are the business owners?
I don't mean this as snark -- last night was one of the most powerful and empowering nights of speeches I've ever seen. I was reminded of why I thought so highly of these people (especially President...
View ArticleKaili Joy Gray appreciation diary
Kaili Joy Gray first came to my attention when she published a heartbreaking diary about the death of a close friend. It was raw, passionate and illuminating all at once. I was in awe of her power,...
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