Cancel Elections? Maybe!

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Wednesday September 28, 2011 · 9:16 AM PDT

2011/09/28 · 09:16

Within the last couple of weeks, two prominent Democratic politicians have come out in favor of less democracy. First, Peter Orzag, President Obama's first director of the OMB, called explicitly for less democracy in an article at The New Republic. Called Too much of a good thing, the article basically called for Congress to delegate much if not most of its traditional function to various panels, committees, and other appointed bodies.

Second, yesterday, Democrat Governor Bev Perdue of North Carolina suggested that we cancel Congressional elections next year to "focus on the economy." Her exact words, as reported by the News Observer, were these:

"You have to have more ability from Congress, I think, to work together and to get over the partisan bickering and focus on fixing things. I think we ought to suspend, perhaps, elections for Congress for two years and just tell them we won't hold it against them, whatever decisions they make, to just let them help this country recover. I really hope that someone can agree with me on that. The one good thing about Raleigh is that for so many years we worked across party lines. It's a little bit more contentious now but it's not impossible to try to do what's right in this state. You want people who don't worry about the next election."

Later that day, her spokesman tried to claim she was using hyperbole, but it seems no one is buying it. Hyperbolic statements don't include wishes that people agree with them.

Vanceone

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Wednesday June 11, 2008 · 1:38 PM PDT

2008/06/11 · 13:38

I assume that just about everyone on DailyKos is all for homosexual rights (just to be clear, I'm not). So this story will be interesting.

See, a gay rights activist won a major victory in Alberta recently (May 30th), yet he won a victory that will probably prove Pyhrric. In short, he won the right to censor any speech that is even "disparaging" to homosexuals. Yep, victory through repression and censorship!

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Should governments force gay-rights opponents to be silent?

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No, people should have freedom of religion and speech to oppose same sex marriage

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Ayers Flag gaffe

Vanceone

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Monday May 05, 2008 · 9:48 AM PDT

2008/05/05 · 09:48

Is this yet another headache for Obama?

Remember, Obama has called William Ayers a "mainstream Liberal Chicago Politician" and said that Ayers bombing days are far behind him.

Well, now we see that in 2001, the exact same year Obama took a campaign donation from Ayers and served with him on the Woods foundation, Ayers was doing pictorials of himself stomping on the American Flag.

Vanceone

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Wednesday April 30, 2008 · 9:58 AM PDT

2008/04/30 · 09:58

Serious question here. I'm not an Obama supporter, first of all. So, this is no "HillaryLover" in disguise. I wanted to post this question here, at Obama Central, because I want to see if there is any rational reason to vote for Obama. If I can't get some decent answers here, then there is no real reason to vote for Obama at all, is there?

Vanceone

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Friday April 11, 2008 · 2:54 PM PDT

2008/04/11 · 14:54

I'm no Obama supporter: I'll state that right up front. But if this story is true, and Obama really said what he said in California, I'm likely going to be joined by a lot more people who don't support him.

Here's the scoop; though it's been on Politico and Drudge, I didn't find anything here on Daily Kos.

Vanceone

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Thursday April 10, 2008 · 11:58 AM PDT

2008/04/10 · 11:58

Jimmy Carter is planning a trip to meet the current leaders of Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist group that has as it's stated goal the elimination of Israel. Known for it's current habit of launching missiles into Israeli cities in an attempt to kill as many civilians as possible, Hamas has been designated as a terrorist group by pretty much every government.

So why is Jimmy Carter going to meet them? He's supported Hamas in the past.

Now, JImmy is also, allegedly, an Obama supporter as several diaries here in the last month or so have claimed.

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Friday March 28, 2008 · 3:20 PM PDT

2008/03/28 · 15:20

Well, as reported yesterday, Dutch politician Geert Wilders released his long-awaited anti-Islam movie Fitna. During the run-up to the movie, his website for it was preemptively suspended based on the idea that the movie "might" be against the hosting services Terms of Service.

Ultimately, the movie was hosted by Liveleak. Today, Liveleak pulled it, due to very specific, detailed death threats against it's staff members.

Vanceone

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Thursday March 27, 2008 · 12:28 PM PDT

2008/03/27 · 12:28

Perhaps you may have heard about the short film "Fitna" by a Dutch politician Geert Wilders, that is about the Koran among other things.

Many have called it racist among other things and tried to suppress it, including the company Network Solutions which shut down the website it was to be released on even before it was released.

Well, the movie has finally been released. Read on!

Vanceone

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Tuesday March 18, 2008 · 12:56 PM PDT

2008/03/18 · 12:56

Obama gave his speech on race today. Judging from the rapturous reception here on DailyKos, Obama supporters thought he hit it out of the park.

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Tuesday March 11, 2008 · 12:20 PM PDT

2008/03/11 · 12:20

The New York Post (for what it's worth)is reporting today that Eliot Spitzer has been playing with the prostitutes for perhaps up to six years.... and the girl "Kristen" that is at the center of his issues right now is one he hired up to seven times recently.

Since 2002? That's a long time. Didn't he just throw some prostitutes in jail in 2004 or something--if so, that's the epitome of hypocrisy. Say what you want about Vitter, Craig, and the rest--they weren't actively throwing people in jail for their sex stuff like Spitzer was.

One wonders how much worse it will get for the Democratic governor. My guess: a lot worse.

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Friday February 22, 2008 · 10:03 AM PST

2008/02/22 · 10:03

Last night in the debate, Obama went on about how the poor troops in Afghanistan are so unsupportedthey have to scrounge up weapons from the Taliban. This isn't all...

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Thursday February 21, 2008 · 10:05 AM PST

2008/02/21 · 10:05

Well, the rogue spy satellite was destroyed. It looks like a fantastic success for the anti-satellite system/anti-missile system.

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