The Green Valleys of Tennessee -- a song about the war

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Monday October 27, 2008 · 9:24 AM PDT

2008/10/27 · 09:24

I played this song at an Obama fundraiser.

He signed up that summer, downtown, with a couple of friends.
Ain't much to do in Tennessee when times are bad,
And it was nice to belong downtown.

Have you finished your high school degree, they said.
he said, well, yes sirree, you know.
I just came out last year, I'm not quite old enough to drink beer.
With my friends. In the pickup. At midnight. Out on the hill.

duus

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Thursday October 09, 2008 · 2:13 PM PDT

2008/10/09 · 14:13

Here is the article from politico:

Dem strategists see landslide in the making

I think some of the analysis by "Democratic strategist Paul Maslin" is a little off:

"The Obama campaign did a lot of important foundation work to expand the Democratic map. And I give them credit for that," Maslin said. "But the real expansion of the map is coming from an outside event, namely the economy, and not the tactics of the Obama campaign."

That is a really short-sighted perspective on these events. Obama's current powerful position is a result of the 50 state strategy--a strategy which put him in a position to be able to take advantage of things like this economic tsunami. If we were using the 'swing-state-only' strategy pursued by the democrats for decades, we would not be able to ride this wave.

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"...[T]he real expansion of the map is coming from an outside event, namely the economy, and not the tactics of the Obama campaign." What do you think?

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"...[T]he real expansion of the map is coming from an outside event, namely the economy, and not the tactics of the Obama campaign." What do you think?

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He's half right: it's due to a strategy, not a tactic, of the Obama campaign. Doesn't he know the difference between a strategy and a tactic?

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I may not answer the question that you're asking me, but I like energy and third graders.

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Remembering the lessons of 'Star Wars'

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Monday September 29, 2008 · 2:15 PM PDT

2008/09/29 · 14:15

Eight years ago, on a stage not unlike the one that Obama and McCain stood on at Ole Miss, we had a different pair of candidates.

The Republican was a Compassionate Conservative. He would reach across the aisle, like he did in the past, to get Democrats and Republicans working together. He often disagreed with the will of his party. A real Maverick, one might say. (He was even a pilot! Just like Top Gun!)

He was going to change the tone of Washington; unite people, not divide them. A uniter, not a divider, he was. Or so he claimed.

The Republican was elected to thunderous applause, as Queen Amidala might have said.

duus

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Wednesday September 24, 2008 · 8:32 PM PDT

2008/09/24 · 20:32

Sweden's solution to their banking crisis in '91 involved the taxpayers getting ownership instead of simply ponying up the cash.

From the nytimes article about sweden's financial crisis:

"Sweden took a different course than the one now being proposed by the United States Treasury. ... It extracted pounds of flesh from bank shareholders before writing checks. ...
That strategy held banks responsible and turned the government into an owner. When distressed assets were sold, the profits flowed to taxpayers, and the government was able to recoup more money later by selling its shares in the companies as well."

I think it's simple: if I pay for it, I want to own it. We have a system for trading money for ownership...it's called stocks. I think they're familiar with the concept of 'stocks.'

duus

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Friday September 19, 2008 · 10:32 PM PDT

2008/09/19 · 22:32

I am hosting an event in which I perform music. It will be a fundraiser for Obama ($20 suggested donation, $10 for students.) I would like to leverage the gain to the campaign by also live webcasting on a website, where there will be a 'donate to the campaign' button. (And the same suggested donation.) I don't pretend to be a famous musician, but I think, with the proper buzz, I could raise between $500 and $1000. So I would like to do my part. The performance is next saturday, sept 27th, at 8pm (EST) at, (I hope) thedu.us/supports/obama .

I am not posting this in order to get the dailykos community to donate (I imagine most of you, like me, are already giving in cash until it hurts) nor even necessarily to watch (although I'd of course love it if you did). Instead, I would like help in setting up the live webcast. Does anyone here know how to do it? I have a Mac laptop with a good audio set-up, and frankly the isight camera is good enough for the video. Please see (more) for details.

duus

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Sunday September 07, 2008 · 4:00 PM PDT

2008/09/07 · 16:00

I had just called a gentleman from a list handed to me. I had his name, gender, and a registration (R in this case). My "Hello, my name is Duus, and I'm a volunteer for the Obama/Biden campaign, I-" was met with a snort and a click. I put him under "McCain."

duus

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Thursday January 03, 2008 · 8:20 PM PST

2008/01/03 · 20:20

Right now Obama is about to begin his victory speech.

I am very excited for the Democrats. And for America.

"They said this day would never come. ... They said this country was too divided...to come around a common purpose. ... [Y]ou have done what the cynics said we couldn't do. You have done what the state of New Hampshire can do in five days. You have done what America can do in this new year, 2008."

"Change. We are one people."

... "We are choosing hope over fear. We are sending a powerful message that change is coming to America."

People began chanting "U! S! A! U! S! A! U! S! A!" Really.

He mentions honesty directly. That was a well-chosen word, I think.

Now: "O! BAM! A! O! BAM! A! O! BAM! A!" Really.

Ends tax breaks for corporations who ship american jobs over seas. (!) Tyranny of Oil! Ends the war in Iraq and brings our troops home! 9/11 is not a chance to scare up (!!) votes(!) but instead ... a challenge... !

Thanks the volunteers & staff. Good. Did Huckabee do that?

Obama thanks his wife. Classy. (I'm not being facetious.)

...(more)...

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Thursday December 20, 2007 · 12:40 PM PST

2007/12/20 · 12:40

In my ongoing research into the FU Kids at reddit, here is a conversation I am having with a libertarian.

Topic: Let's just come out and admit it: America has no liberal, progressive party. In any other country, the Democrats would be considered right-wing. (politics.reddit.com)

dredgedskeleton wrote:

in any other country the democrats would be considered right wing? how ignorant are you? in the entire islamic world (a very large world, mind you) our REPUBLICANS would be considered liberal extremists. this statement is complete idiocy. also, keep in mind that the original "liberal" movement was initiated by none other than adam smith. "classical liberalism" from an economic standpoint is what you would today consider "conservative"; yet it remains the most "liberal" economic policy by strict definition of the word.

(more after the fold...)

direct link to conversation:
http://politics.reddit.com/...

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Wednesday December 12, 2007 · 9:21 AM PST

2007/12/12 · 09:21

Hello. I'm a long-time lurker, occasional poster here at DailyKos who has been a long-time liberal (and proud to call myself that). Recently, I've been doing some 'field research' at reddit.com, a social news site that has a lot of quasi-liberatarians, who I like to call the "fuck you" kids (not in a pejorative way.) This is how I think they work:

Largely, they are fairly young & male & probably white. They have college degrees, often in computers or math or finance or engineering or some other hard science. They believe in science and they are skeptical of anyone who talks about religion. They make pretty good money, and work long hours for it. Their attitude toward politics is largely defined by "fuck you!" I.e.:

You want to take away my pornography, that I'm paying for with my own money? Fuck you!

You want to take away my drugs, that I'm taking with full knowledge of how it might effect me, because you think it's a sin in the eyes of your 'God?' Fuck you!

You want to record my emails, listen to my phone calls, and say who I can talk to and about what? Fuck you!

duus

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Tuesday December 11, 2007 · 9:50 AM PST

2007/12/11 · 09:50

Okay: Good lord. I thought the quotes was enough to suggest that I was not actually advocating this. Apparently not.

Paulites are trying to raise money to put a full page ad in High Times magazine (for those who are unaware, it's a magazine about recreational marijuana use.)

http://ronpaulht.chipin.com/...

Here is some reddit discussion:

http://politics.reddit.com/...

Reddit includes people in many parts of the political spectrum.

Will this backfire for him? Could appealing directly for an end to the drug war be a net positive in this election and among the American public in general? Or will backlash from social conservatives more than outweigh the advantages?

duus

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Monday November 05, 2007 · 11:11 AM PST

2007/11/05 · 11:11

According to Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution, "The Number of Representatives [in the House] shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand."

I believe I could find thirty thousand Kossacks who feel they have no Representative in Congress. We may be geographically disparate. We may not be of the same social class. We may not be of the same race, the same family. We may not know each other, or we may know each other only through the internet, never having met in person. That might be true.

But my vote is not an ear of corn. My vote does not grow in the land. It grows from my hands, because I am a citizen of the United States of America, and that's what being a citizen means. It grows from my heart, from my head, from me. It cannot be taken away from me. It cannot be sold, it cannot be bought. I can not lose my ownership of it. I cannot even give it away. It is mine, to do with what I will.

duus

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Monday July 30, 2007 · 10:31 AM PDT

2007/07/30 · 10:31

http://forthardknox.com/...

above is some youtube clip of ronald reagan's apparently funniest moments, posted on Ft. Hard Knox, some conservative blog. it is worth seeing. The narrator: "He [Reagan] lived to see the walls [image of berlin wall] come down all across the world, a process no doubt hastened by his relentless mockery of communism..."

Okay, that' it. worth a chuckle. why not leave Ft. Hard Knox a comment or two...just for kicks? They seem like great people.

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