Time for Tea

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Sunday August 21, 2011 · 3:00 AM PDT

2011/08/21 · 03:00

Progressives, Moderates, Liberals, Independents..... need to open up their minds a little and not be so frightened and intolerant of the Tea Partiers. The Tea Party is a big mix of many homegrown ideas. There are some very important areas of the Tea Party philosophy...that of Liberals, Progressives, Independents, Moderates, etc. can and should embrace. By not doing this...we push all the Tea Party people into the conservative's and Republican's open arms and can count on their voting against every and any liberal or Democrat that runs for office anywhere.

So what's to like about their Tea?

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17 votes Show Results

All Tea Party members should be assumed to be the enemy of Liberal Progressive America?

17 votes Vote Now!

All Tea Party members should be assumed to be the enemy of Liberal Progressive America?

Yes, they are all bad news and not worth the effort.

10 votes

No, we should seek common ground in some areas with them and in the process strip away votes from the Republicans.

7 votes

If Obama was Bush on Debt Ceiling Crisis

Intothefuture

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Thursday July 28, 2011 · 5:57 PM PDT

2011/07/28 · 17:57

If Obama was Bush.....(if Obama has the chutzpah of Bush/Cheney) and he saw that the other party was going to block the debt ceiling increase and create a three ring circus of our legislative and financial process... he would made a power move....and have invoked the 14th Amendment months ago, in advance of this mess. He would have told the other party (with Cheney backing him) that he wasn't going to spend any time on that game. He would tell the world markets that checks will go out, because as the President of the United States, he has an obligation to uphold the good faith and credit of United States according to 14th Amendment. He would dare the other party to impeach or sue... and be done with it.

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42 votes Show Results

Should Obama invoke 14th and move on to more important matters?

42 votes Vote Now!

Should Obama invoke 14th and move on to more important matters?

Yes, forget this fabricated crisis created by Repubs and move the Country forward out of this mess.

37 votes

No, it would create more of a mess.

5 votes

Blaming the Tow Truck Driver for your Accident

Intothefuture

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Sunday September 12, 2010 · 7:27 PM PDT

2010/09/12 · 19:27

Bush and the Republicans gave the financial markets room to cheat, spent trillions of un-budgeted funds on two wars, gave nearly a trillion in tax breaks to the richest... and led our country into a catastrophic financial crash requiring TARP Bail out to avoid total collapse.

Obama is trying to pull us out of the ditch. Trying to pull a heavily damaged financial vehicle out of a very very deep ditch.

And now....the Republicans are about to win the mid terms by blaming Obama (the tow truck driver) for the cost and difficulty in pulling the damaged vehicle out of the ditch. WTF

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70 votes Show Results

Who caused the Financial Mess we're in?

70 votes Vote Now!

Who caused the Financial Mess we're in?

Bush and Republicans

57 votes

Obama and Democrats

13 votes

Living with Muslims, Everyday

Intothefuture

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Saturday September 11, 2010 · 7:07 PM PDT

2010/09/11 · 19:07

I have lived in Thailand for 9 years. While Thailand is 95% Buddhist, there is a large Muslim population in Southern Thailand. I have a Muslim attorney, my project manager is Muslim, more than half my employees are Muslims (10 of 14, most government officials I work with on a weekly/monthly basis are Muslim, the village wherein I reside is 75% Muslim. And I love it.

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42 votes Show Results

We must defend the right of Muslims to enjoy total freedom of religion's expression in America.

42 votes Vote Now!

We must defend the right of Muslims to enjoy total freedom of religion's expression in America.

Yes

38 votes

4 votes

Gallup Poll: Obama Up but the Left is Quiet

Intothefuture

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Thursday September 02, 2010 · 7:07 PM PDT

2010/09/02 · 19:07

Why is it that when Obama's numbers go up, with approval over disapproval (Gallup Aug 20-31: Approval 47%, Disapproval 45%) is the left wing blogoshere (along with the MSM) so quiet?

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159 votes Show Results

How should we push Obama toward our mutual goals?

159 votes Vote Now!

How should we push Obama toward our mutual goals?

Slam him every time he doesn't live up to our expectations.

15 votes

Join the Republicans in rebuking him for being out of touch with the "people".

11 votes

State clearly our disappointments and what we want him to do, while rebuking right wing opposition and acknowledging Obama for what he has done well.

133 votes

Love over Hate

Intothefuture

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Tuesday August 31, 2010 · 6:47 AM PDT

2010/08/31 · 06:47

We have no choice now but to all work in unison to make sure that love and tolerance prevails over hate and intolerance in America. Hate will take us down, Love will open up a new and dynamic future for our country.

Seeing our President Obama become the pin up boy for hate du jour ("all Muslims are bad and Obama is a Muslim")..... and take blow after blow of hate filled intolerant attacks in poorly disguised racist rants and put downs.... makes me sick and sad. Sick in my stomach that this is a growing trend in America. Sad that so many are sucked into this vortex of hate.

My message to all Kosaks is that responding strongly to this mob hate, being cultivated and promulgated by right wing TV and Radio personalities and enabled by Republican politician, must be seen as our most important task over the next few years. We don't all agree on how well Obama is doing in moving forward the progressive agenda. But most of us agree he is a good man. And he is being slowly hacked to pieces by shards of hate, slash by slash, blow by blow, day by day. And this is very bad for America and our future.

Intothefuture

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Sunday August 22, 2010 · 6:37 AM PDT

2010/08/22 · 06:37

This is very simple and easy for conservatives and Republicans and Tea Party-ers to see. He's turning the whole darn country to the Left. Some things he pushes hard Left and some things he pushes a little left and somethings he hasn't pushed yet. This is easy for them to see. He's a Lefty, Liberal, pinko, commie, Muslim, foreigner pushing America to the Left....And they hate it!
Whereas, for Liberals, Democrats and Progressives, it's not simple or easy. Obama is confusing. They see Obama... un-clearly, all over the place on different issues, at different times; and for many Progressives, he's clearly not going Left enough. But in their sometimes earnest drive to move their cause or priorities forward. and though rightfully speaking Truth to Power (our Power)....some Progressives may miss the big picture that: THIS PRESIDENT IS TURNING THE SHIP OF STATE TO THE LEFT.

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133 votes Show Results

Is President Obama Turning the Country to the Left?

133 votes Vote Now!

Is President Obama Turning the Country to the Left?

Yes, he is pushing the country to the left on many fronts. And I like it!

55 votes

Yes, but I had really hoped he would have done more on Progressive Causes that are important to me.

30 votes

No, and I'm willing to risk a Tea Party filled Congress or a lunatic right wing nut (what's her name again) a shot at the Presidency....just so that I can keep this Presidents feet to my personal fire.

10 votes

No, not really, but that previous answer was over the top. I may vote for Obama, but I'm not going to moderate my criticsim.

38 votes

Respectful Answer to Cenk

Intothefuture

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Saturday June 05, 2010 · 5:54 PM PDT

2010/06/05 · 17:54

Cenk's upset over Obama's apparent kowtowing to Netanyahu contains many good and important statements, of which I cannot disagree. But is Cenk missing Obama's strategy and goal. And does this strategy lay the shortest path toward the goal shared by Cenk and Obama, and many of us who read Daily Kos each day?

Intothefuture

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Thursday May 13, 2010 · 9:25 AM PDT

2010/05/13 · 09:25

Most of you don't get it....and how could you...CNN...MSM....BBC... all report a very skewed take on the protests and politics here. I've lived here for 8 years and follow the politics here very closely. If I find the Kos Community interested, I can provide more details and links and answer questions in comments.

For now...I just want to give you my own take, as a liberal, progressive American resident and active business person living in Thailand. (Born in NY, long term Hawaii resident...now 8 yr Thai resident)...very different from what you are hearing and reading.

I am really sorry for all the typos, run on sentences, partially completed thoughts...but for those interested in Thailand and want to get a much more detailed...though certainly opinionated view of the events....I tried to get a lot out and would never finish if I try to perfect it. All I want is to provoke more thought and for you all to know that the media hasn't a clue what is going on here. Please feel free to correct facts if you find errors and ask questions in the comments. I will try to respond as best I can.

By the way....Phuket is lovely, you'd never know there was anything going on other than waves breaking on the beaches.

Intothefuture

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Tuesday December 29, 2009 · 6:38 AM PST

2009/12/29 · 06:38

Cameras everywhere. Black lists, gray lists, white lists. X rays gamma rays body scans and searches. Phone taps. Internet eavesdropping. Mail and library card surveillance. Background checks. Financial snooping. Profiling. Preemptive search and seizure. Unwarranted arrests. Disappearances. "Watch out for the Terrorists!! They're gonna get you! Give us the right to strip you of all your rights and freedoms....and then we can stop those Terrorists!"

Yes...the above is an exaggeration..but not by much.

Simply put.....We need to stop elevating the risk of terrorism and scaring ourselves into eliminating more and more of our Freedoms. Terrorism is not our biggest risk in life. It is not our Country's biggest risk. It is a very very small risk, relatively. Yet we invest an enormous amount of fear, money, debilitating and restrictive self regulation on our fear of terrorism.

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66 votes Show Results

Are we over reacting to terrorism?

66 votes Vote Now!

Are we over reacting to terrorism?

Yes. We are allowing it to destroy the fabric of our fundamental beliefs as a Naiton.

59 votes

No. We need to be more vigilant and accept less freedoms to fight this scourge.

7 votes

Iranian Leadership Soap Opera

Intothefuture

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Wednesday June 17, 2009 · 3:54 AM PDT

2009/06/17 · 03:54

Khomeini, Khamenei, Kathami, Montazeri, Rafsanjani, Mousavi, Ahmadinejad,.... mind boggling?

Not really. These are the names of some of the gentlemen, together with perhaps another handful....who are the key players over the past 30 years, who have lead or have strongly influenced the Iranian Revolution.

And if you follow their often combative relationships, you can see unfold a political soap opera spanning decades, with very simple and obvious plots and classic leadership characters on each side of the drama. There are those on the right and on those on the left. And they have been battling each other for the past quarter century....and now, today, they are facing one of the greatest challenges to their Revolution.

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69 votes Show Results

The Iranian Reformers will prevail!

69 votes Vote Now!

The Iranian Reformers will prevail!

Yes

49 votes

20 votes

Al Qaeda: The Little Band of Misfits

Intothefuture

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Sunday May 24, 2009 · 10:14 PM PDT

2009/05/24 · 22:14

When will the lid finally get blown off the Al Qaeda / War on Terrorism fear mongering?

When will the clarion call "this is a new world in which there are a new breed of enemy that requires a new type of battle"....be realized as a misguided over reaction to a simple problem?

Let’s break down the reality.... see below... 10 points to consider.....

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80 votes Show Results

Did we over react to 9/11?

80 votes Vote Now!

Did we over react to 9/11?

Yes. And it sent us in the wrong direction.

56 votes

Yes. But it seemed like the right thing to do at the time.

4 votes

No. Al Qaeda is a formidable foe and we are still at war with them.

20 votes

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Time for Tea

If Obama was Bush on Debt Ceiling Crisis

Blaming the Tow Truck Driver for your Accident

Living with Muslims, Everyday

Gallup Poll: Obama Up but the Left is Quiet

Love over Hate

He's Turning to the Left

Respectful Answer to Cenk

Thailand Update...I live here.

Brace for another huge over reaction to a Nut case Terrorist

Iranian Leadership Soap Opera

Al Qaeda: The Little Band of Misfits