I support Obama, the man, not the messiah
This is my first diary here at DailyKos....well, let me clarify that: I did a couple of diaries anonymously some time ago, but this is my first as, well, me.I'm a writer of fantasy sword and sorcery...
View ArticleFranklin Roosevelt owes me an apology
So does John Kennedy (many, in fact). So does Martin Luther King. So does Bill Clinton. So does Richard Nixon. So does George H.W. Bush.
View ArticleI just did it
I've been supporting Barack Obama for a long time - didn't start out with him, but he won me over with his calm, cool and class.I expect him to be one of the greatest Presidents of my lifetime. I...
View ArticleAnother Tweetie Epic Fail
Short...typing on the fly...Watching Hardball right now. Matthews has a couple of teapartiers on. The first guy just rambled about their size, using absurd numbers, including "that's why 2,000,000...
View ArticleNOT BREAKING: Chomsky holding anti-Bush rallies at West Point!
Seriously...actually happened...well, he didn't hold an anti-Bush rally, per se, but he was invited there to speak, and he did go on and on about the concept of "just war," which would seem a pretty...
View ArticleGoing Sullivan – from the other direction
For years, Andrew Sullivan has been my favorite blogger. I’ve always thought him intelligent, even when...umm, wrong, but even in his earliest days (I just saw a Book TV interview with him as a very...
View ArticleDo-Nothing Dems Strike Again
"They're all the same!""They've sold us out again!"No they're not. No they haven't.
View ArticleCoakley...something you should know
So I got to see Bill Clinton last night at WPI in Worcester. He was exhausted (Haiti work) but it took me about 5 minutes in the room with him to understand how he became President.he was followed by...
View ArticleMy Brithday Hangover
So last year, for my 50th birthday, my best present was watching Barack Obama become President of the United States.Heady times.Now, 51, not so much...I watched this election first-hand with a...
View ArticleBREAKING: Eliot Engel to vote YES (Updated)
On MSNBC just a minute ago, Rep. Eliot Engel of NY announced he would vote yes on HCR.Not much to say here...but his reasons for hesitating were valid and were pointed out to me in a comment exchange...
View ArticleI'm Clapping Louder - here's why...(Updated)
Demoralized? Don't want to hear about it.Sure, the economy sucks and things are tough...the numbers are bleak...the Empire Star Destroyer is coming into range...When all else fails, send in the...
View ArticleA Message to Cenk Uygur
I don't believe you. I've watched you for years and I've never believed you. You want the same 5 million+/year deals you see the other purveyors of outrage making. You're a one-note pony. You deal...
View ArticleIs Cenk Uygur Stupid?
Got up this morning and asked myself, "So, really, is it worth the time to continue the meta pie fights?"It's actually an important fight, maybe the most important one of all when we're trying to...
View ArticleYou're falling for it again
The list is full of "So-and-so NAILS it!" or "So-and-so DESTROYS Obama!" and on and on.You're falling for it again.It's a meaningless dance."Pelosi says No DEAL!"Wanna bet?President Obama said WE could...
View ArticleSo I made a little statement on my Facebook Page
"I stand with the protesters in Wisconsin."http://www.facebook.com/...And started a firestorm...
View ArticleSCREAM!
This is a trial balloon...we're near a deal.Well, the deal is awful for anyone who believes in progressive politics.Those who know me here know that I am a staunch defender of the President. I think...
View ArticlePresident Obama saving Medicare
Yeah, I thought I'd inject a little quiet and unspoken (amazingly so!) reality into our current "debates."There are important stories and FACTS slipping past the conventional wisdom, or at least, the...
View ArticleFor the Joe Walshes of the world
Don't they just make your blood boil? If you saw the rec'd diary about Walsh's tantrum, you know what I mean.Anyway, come with me over the fold to gather some succinct and to-the-point rebuttals...
View Article"Obamacare" goes boom!
Yes, I can call it that now. President Obama embraced the name today - good for him.(Edit: after writing this, I realized that the most excellent "citizen K" had already done a diary of it, kind of,...
View ArticlePPACA: A Game Company Could Fix This
I've got some doc friends who really hate the electronic file provisions in PPACA, and their complaints range from a simple aversion to something so new, to the prohibitive costs of this software, to...
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