Meta: People Are So Fucking Moronic on This Site

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Tuesday February 06, 2007 · 11:25 AM PST

2007/02/06 · 11:25

This title was penned by Kos himself, in the commentary on an article about the new blogroll policy.

Yeah! (2+ / 0-)

People are so fucking moronic on this site that unless you hold their hand and personally guide them to the candidate blogs, they have no chance in hell in finding them!

No thanks. They're going to have to earn their support the old fashioned way -- by working for it.

by kos on Sat Feb 03, 2007 at 08:59:16 PM PST

BostonJoe

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Friday January 19, 2007 · 6:54 AM PST

2007/01/19 · 06:54

My world view has become simple. I don't trust much of what the MSM says. Too frequently wrong. Too frequently convenient in reporting on the actions of our government. And if that sounds too paranoid to the young who populate Kos, or to the mainstream who read and write at Kos, I would suggest that recent history bears out a relationship between our CIA and our media.

BostonJoe

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Wednesday January 17, 2007 · 2:38 PM PST

2007/01/17 · 14:38

WASHINGTON (DisAssociated Press) -
John Dillinger has decided to stop robbing banks and stealing cars, his attorney said on Wednesday, ending an allegedly unlawful practice of enriching himself at the expense of others.

"John has decided not to continue robbing banks and stealing cars, after his currently planned bank robberies and car heists are completed," the lawyer wrote in a letter to congressional leaders.

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President George W. Bush should be impeached on

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President George W. Bush should be impeached on

One Count

1 vote

Multible Counts

24 votes

Skip Impeachment -- Give Him Iraqi Justice

13 votes

Breathing Without Proof of Medical Insurance

BostonJoe

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Tuesday January 09, 2007 · 6:49 AM PST

2007/01/09 · 06:49

USA Today's print edition places Gov. Schwarzenegger's universal health insurance plan right where it belongs. The lead story in the Money section.

If a health plan was truly about health, or even nominally about providing universal coverage, one might question the placement. Why cover government health policy as a business concern? A casual review of the plan, and its obvious aims, makes the placement in the business section all too clear.

BostonJoe

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Wednesday January 03, 2007 · 12:41 PM PST

2007/01/03 · 12:41

For me, doing what is right ought to come before doing what is politically expedient, on every occassion where the choice between the two is clear.

That is why I completely endorse Cindy Sheehan's protest today disrupting the Democratic press conference to talk about domestic and political issues.

From The Raw Story (via CNN):

BostonJoe

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Sunday December 31, 2006 · 4:02 PM PST

2006/12/31 · 16:02

3,000 dead in any war-like act is enough to change the course of the world. One need only look back to 9/11 to illustrate this point. Below is a graphic representation of a large number of lives. An awful cemetery. Here is to the new year of 2007. Ending our fourth, and soon to begin our fifth, year in this folly in Iraq. And here too is a wish that all the Democrats, Republicans, Greens, Socialists, Anarchists, Christians, Muslim, Jews, Atheists, and all the people of other political or religious affiliations, or of no affiliation at all. A wish that they may work together toward ending this war. Toward holding those who instigated the war accountable. And toward a future where differences of opinion and ideology are not resolved by violence.

BostonJoe

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Thursday December 07, 2006 · 9:21 AM PST

2006/12/07 · 09:21

A tip of the hat to Arthur Gilroy, whose recent words of inspiration so eloquently expressed a hope that our collective thoughts in the blogosphere may have significant meaning.

I read the whole Iraq Study Group Report. I preface my remarks with this qualifier because Tony Snow made such a fuss about it yesterday, as David Gregory from MSNBC was drilling him.

GREGORY: [The report says] stay the course is no longer viable. The current approach is not working. The situation is grave and deteriorating. . . . Can this report be seen as anything other than a rejection of this President's handling of the war?

FOX NEWS SPOKESPERSON FOR THE FREE WORLD (hereafter SNOWJOB): Absolutely. And I think you need to read the report.

GREGORY: I have.

SNOWJOB: You've read the whole report?

GREGORY: No. I've gone through a lot of the recommendations.

SNOWJOB: Well, I've read the whole report.

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Your Nomination for Special Military Advisor to the Batshit Loopy President of the United States of America

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Your Nomination for Special Military Advisor to the Batshit Loopy President of the United States of America

Magic F. 8-Ball

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No Nomination. Budget can't support another unfunded position for this war.

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Fusion Power: A Gambler's Chance

BostonJoe

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Monday November 27, 2006 · 6:56 PM PST

2006/11/27 · 18:56

Watching our government in action is very much like observing a sucker at the poker table. The guy or gal who is always chucking away chips while drawing dead, but never wants to take a rational risk at a worthwhile pot.

I came across a diary last week by RimJob that makes this case and point. The diary links to a lecture by Dr. Robert Bussard that explains his efforts towards a revolution in energy production through fusion.

BostonJoe

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Wednesday November 08, 2006 · 1:33 PM PST

2006/11/08 · 13:33

Post-election edition

Dear Batshit Loopy Lame-duck Prez,

I understand it has been a tough twenty-four hours for you, sir. What with staying up past your bed time watching the country rebuke your (absence of) leadership. And then having to sacrificially offer up dear old Rummy. I understand why you look like somebody kicked your dog. But, since new speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has basically agreed not to impeach you for your lying us into war, you're going to be with us as a lame duck for a couple of years. Therefore, I took the liberty of jotting down some notes from the past day. Things that I think might help you get by for the next couple of years.
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MI-08: Corporate Media Lies For Rogers

BostonJoe

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Thursday November 02, 2006 · 11:12 AM PST

2006/11/02 · 11:12

The Lansing State Journal failed to endorse either candidate in the 8th Congressional district race. Neither candidate was qualified. At least that is what you were led to believe if you read the Journal's editorial page.

Of course, the non-endorsement was a big, fat, corporate-controlled lie. The real story has been broken by the small press in the 8th District. A member of the LSJ Editorial Board has resigned over this fiasco, and explains the lie in yesterday's Lansing City Pulse: Read More

Stark Deserves Justice

BostonJoe

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Tuesday October 31, 2006 · 6:11 PM PST

2006/10/31 · 18:11

Looking at the MSM's coverage of the attack on Mike Stark today, I've been struck by the lack of serious concern for Stark's rights.

"A fight kind of unfolded. . . . The Senator was rushed to the back. He [Allen] is okay," local NBC reporter Henry Graff said as the tape of the assault on Stark played in the background.

Of course, the progressive blogosphere understands that Mike Stark was assaulted because he was trying to assert a very basic First Amendment right to question his government. But from the initial NBC affiliate report, through the early print media accounts, the story seemed subtly spun as "Allen saved from rabid blogger."

I can live with that, I suppose. I've come to expect it from almost all MSM news reporting. But where I draw the line is when the police agencies designed to protect the citizenry seem to mimic the "attack the victim" mentality of the media. Read More

Petals for Peace: Going for 1,000

BostonJoe

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Friday July 07, 2006 · 4:27 AM PDT

2006/07/07 · 04:27

Are you against the war? Do you have enough time to type a short comment to this diary? If you can answer yes to both these questions, then I need your help today.

On selected days over the last four months, my local peace group in Lansing, Michigan has been conducting an anti-war protest called Petals for Peace. Read More

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