Who's Next in CT?

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Tuesday November 18, 2008 · 5:44 PM PST

2008/11/18 · 17:44

I want action, not reaction.

Who can we support against Holy Joe?

I'm not a Connecticut voter - so I ask a real CT blogger and the DailyKos Community, who to support?

Let's start now. We can walk precincts, do ads and visibility events. I can spend my summer vacation walking CT next spring or summer.

Obviously, Joe can count on Obama's heavy support in $$ and ground game (even though Obama can't count on Joe).

All that means is that we have to double down. Early. On the ground. At the street.

Let's Play The Association Game

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Friday October 10, 2008 · 9:15 AM PDT

2008/10/10 · 09:15

In today's Washington Post Charles Krauthammer has penned a screed attacking Obama's "associations" with Rezko, Ayers and Wright. He says:

But associations are important. They provide a significant insight into character.

So, let's look into some of Krauthammer's associations and see what they say about him.

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Tuesday October 07, 2008 · 8:12 AM PDT

2008/10/07 · 08:12

With the whirlwind news cycle - it seems like 15 minutes of fame is all a whole topic is getting - I wanted to point out two islands of sanity.

First, the Fed just announced a program to buy unsecured short-term debt. That's the kind of debt that actually funds Main Street businesses. Economists with a history of being right, like Prof. Nouriel Roubini have been suggesting this type of move for more than a week.

I think that the Paulson Plan bailout is a waste of money and time. Glen Greenwald at Salon has written two articles detailing the public policy implications of buying insider toxic exotic debt instruments (that are often 3 levels removed from the actual asset being valued/hedged/bundled) see here and here. But, this is a good sign.

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Thursday June 19, 2008 · 8:24 PM PDT

2008/06/19 · 20:24

Tomorrow's New York Times reveals the truth, the FISA Telecoms Amnesty Bill is not a compromise:

"I think the White House got a better deal than even they had hoped to get," said Senator Christopher S. Bond, Republican of Missouri, who led the negotiations.

The White House immediately endorsed the proposal, which is likely to be voted on in the House on Friday and in the Senate next week.

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Tuesday August 07, 2007 · 4:13 PM PDT

2007/08/07 · 16:13

Having been in call center hell all day because of Mcafee Anti-Virus' failed automatic update push, I noticed something we can all do in the spirit of worker solidarity. We can reward the education of girls by helping women to earn a good living - which will raise the base for all of us.

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Monday July 02, 2007 · 9:13 PM PDT

2007/07/02 · 21:13

David Broder is so consumed by the vision of Joementum and its hallmark view that supine collaboration with the worst elements of Gingrich/Roveism equals true bipartisanship that he actually believes that Col. McCormick's isolationist, anti-New Deal anti-Democratic Party Chicago Tribune of the 1930s is the equivalent of today's New York Times. Yes, the same NYT that today uncritically published a re-written Pentagon press release blaming Iran's leaders personally for attacks against American troops in Iraq - David Broder sees as stridently liberal.

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Friday February 23, 2007 · 10:43 PM PST

2007/02/23 · 22:43

Light up the Michigan State Capitol in Red, White and Blue in honor of Andrew Athos, a 72 year old man who died from his injuries fromn a hate crime.

Andrew Athos was beaten to death on the bus because he was gay. His dream was "to light up the Michigan State Capitol dome in red, white and blue."

Tell the haters that they are weak and marginal. Contact your Michigan State Representative and make this happen.

Let's contact every State Rep and every newspaper until the Capitol is lit.

White Rose

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Monday November 28, 2005 · 11:36 PM PST

2005/11/28 · 23:36

"Nothing is so unworthy of a civilized nation as allowing itself to be governed without opposition by an irresponsible clique that has yielded to base instinct.

It is certain that today every honest [American] is ashamed of [their] government.

Who among us has any conception of the dimensions of shame that will befall us and our children when one day the veil has fallen from our eyes and the most horrible of crimes - crimes that infinitely outdistance every human measure - reach the light of day?

If the [American] people are already so corrupted and spiritually crushed that they do not raise a hand, frivolously trusting in a questionable faith in lawful order of history; if they surrender man's highest principle, that which raises him above all other God's creatures, his free will; if they abandon the will to take decisive action and turn the wheel of history and thus subject it to their own rational decision; if they are so devoid of all individuality, have already gone so far along the road toward turning into a spiritless and cowardly mass - then, yes, they deserve their downfall."

See white rose>

More Hurricains Like Katrina - Bring 'em On!

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Wednesday August 31, 2005 · 4:01 AM PDT

2005/08/31 · 04:01

Apparently, the Bush Administration is thrilled with the results we've had the last couple of years with global warming causing the freqency and intensity of storms to increase.

In a stunning example of "can you say 'bad timing'?" the National Resources Defense Council obtained draft rules from the EPA permitting more pollution from power plants. Read More

Iran IED The New WMD?

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Saturday August 06, 2005 · 4:31 AM PDT

2005/08/06 · 04:31

Apparently, now that Judith Miller is in jail, the New York Times found another reporter willing to carry water for the neoconservatives. This morning the Times published "Some Bombs Used in Iraq Are Made in Iran, U.S. Says by Eric Schmitt that has no named sources for any of its main claims. Where have we seen this before? Read More

Help Needed: What Have We Accomplished

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Monday June 27, 2005 · 7:06 PM PDT

2005/06/27 · 19:06

I've been challenged and have to state on the record: which three things have Democrats, as the Democratic Party, accomplished?

Ok, there's Social Security, our cornerstone (and a good one).

Some would argue that the atomic bomb and Medicare are others. But, I'd like something more positive than the Bomb (or at least real factual arguments to support this point of view) and another accomplishment less conflated with Social Security than Medicare.

For example, Republicans say their accomplishments include: the interstate highway system (Eisenhower) and winning the Cold War (Regan (remember, this is an argument)).

I need your help to identify 3 programs, items or accomplishments that define the Democratic Party. I need links, statistics and proof, i.e. reality based argument not faith based chatter.

Thanks for your help

Why I Trust the Military

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Wednesday May 11, 2005 · 9:59 PM PDT

2005/05/11 · 21:59

For several decades now, the US Military has represented the best of all of us. Best at diversity. Best at meritocracy. Best at systems. Best at "be all you can be."

This week, they proved that, despite the lickspittle Joint Chiefs, the Military is still in the forefront of our social and political institutions.

Name me another group - corporate, political or non-profit that when confronted with evidence of fundamental misunderstanding of mission and wrongdoing that would address it. Right away. No study. No investigation. No lawsuit.

I view the Stand-Down Day as a positive. It re-affirms that the Military is committed to the Right Way, not the expedient way.

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Who's Next in CT?

Let's Play The Association Game

A Couple of Finanical Brightspots

Dems Punked on FISA

Call Center Feminism

David Broder Sees the Joementum

Let Love Win - Light Up the Michigan State Capitol

White Rose

More Hurricains Like Katrina - Bring 'em On!

Iran IED The New WMD?

Help Needed: What Have We Accomplished

Why I Trust the Military