Enough is Enough...

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Sunday September 04, 2005 · 1:30 PM PDT

2005/09/04 · 13:30

...and it's time for a change!

You know, originally, I felt a little squeamish after reading diaries for the past week that were dancing on the grave of the GOP. After all, people are still stuck in New Orleans, without adequate supplies or any real plan to get them to safety. It seemed to me like we had more important concerns than whether or not we could turn this tragedy into political gain. Besides, many of the predictions (impeachment, prosecution, Al Gore taking over as president) were downright implausible.

Then I realized two things:

1. This is actually the PERFECT time to be bringing up the failed policies and implementation of Bushco, because, right now, people are MAD AS HELL, and the reason they are mad as hell is precisely because of those failed policies and implementations. Not just liberals, Americans in general. If we grab ahold of the collective imaginations of the people while they are angry, then they will LISTEN. If, instead, we wait for everyone to be evacuated, out of respect, we will have lost our one opportunity to turn this around.

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Abortion Rights Won't Put Food on Your Family [updated]

TheCrimsonKid

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Monday May 09, 2005 · 7:37 PM PDT

2005/05/09 · 19:37

Provacative? Sure. It's meant to be.

This is a tangent coming from Kos' post about the Rhode Island senate race,
here. Now, I am a strong, vocal supporter of abortion rights, but what I saw in this thread was an incredible number of people who seem to automatically disqualify candidates who are not pro-choice.

So, my question is this: what is more important to you?

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Hate Crime at Harvard

TheCrimsonKid

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Monday May 02, 2005 · 2:41 PM PDT

2005/05/02 · 14:41

I'm not sure if this has been diaried this morning, as I've been out, but I have to tell this story.

It would be nice to think that at a "Volvo-driving, latte-drinking liberal Northeastern university", all the members of the community could respect each other. It would be nice to think that you could feel free to express your sexual identity without fear of reprisals. It would be nice to think that hate crimes like the one that killed Matthew Shephard couldn't happen here.

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Is America really moving Right?

TheCrimsonKid

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Friday January 21, 2005 · 9:57 AM PST

2005/01/21 · 09:57

So many of us here seem to continuously invoke this idea that America is moving inexplicably to the Right. Sure, we rail against it, cry about it, wail and gnash our teeth because of it, but we can't help acknowledge it, even if we don't believe it. We overwhelming agree the answer to this "problem" is NOT to move further Right ourselves, as the slimy DLC weasels would have us believe. No, the consensus is, "The line must be drawn here. This far, no farther."

In the neverending battle to prevent asses being made of you and me, I propose we take a step back and really analyze whether or not the country is moving Right, and, in doing so, perhaps we can identify better strategies for ensuring the success of the progressive agenda.

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