Well, Fine. Let's Party Like it's 1994

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Tuesday November 02, 2010 · 10:22 PM PDT

2010/11/02 · 22:22

Fine.

The Blue Dogs are the majority of those who lost. That sucks for people in the purply states who truly do need Democrat representation; on the other hand, those Blue Dogs shot themselves in the foot by acting like fake Republicans. Why vote for a fake Republican when you can have the Real Deal?

Good bye, Blue Dogs!

Oh, Republican House Reps. So many of them will read the party marching papers and overreach. They will waste the people's time, and even shut down the government! Just like 1994!

Well, heck, let's have some songs from 1994!

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Thursday September 02, 2010 · 8:50 PM PDT

2010/09/02 · 20:50

In 2008, I was laid off from my job as an insurance agent and I was 25 pounds overweight. I was able to see that the state and the country was heading to another recession, but this time it would be serious. I did not know what to do, and I whined about being fat and broke.

Then I realize that I could spend my time whining or spend an equal amount of time working for Obama primary in Oregon, exercising and using my (tiny) savings to reinvent myself.

I chose to work for now President Obama and Jeff Merkley- and along with my fellow Oregonians, we won.

It's time to stop whining.

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Thursday March 25, 2010 · 12:08 PM PDT

2010/03/25 · 12:08

Do you like to drink alcoholic beverages?

Do you like to drink Soda Pop?

Do you like drinking a celebratory beverage when something really cool has happened?

If you live in the Portland, Oregon area and can make it, OFA is having Celebration Meet up at Kell's Irish Pub Downtown.

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Thursday January 21, 2010 · 4:29 PM PST

2010/01/21 · 16:29

Many people here have been screaming about the Senate Health Bill 3950, and about just how horrid it is. However, when pressed, people here cannot articulate what exactly they object to, except for two factors:

No Public Option to spur competition, drive down costs and

A Mandate for everyone to purchase insurance. This is a sticking point for many, since THEY SHOULD NOT BE TOLD WHAT TO DO. BY ANYONE.

As for 1) That is the real imperfection for me in this Senate Bill; by having the collective power of the government as a competitor, it would for insurance companies to focus more on necessary preventive care and procedures and make and save money that way rather than deny service. If the Senate only had this, this bill would be close to the what is done by law in Germany, France, Australia and New Zealand.

As for 2)- This is a retrograde and childish argument. The mandate is necessary to prevent waste and to make sure everyone is contributing to the system. Interesting that people will blow money on cars, which is necessary for getting to a job, but will pitch a FIT over being mandated to purchase health insurance.

Here's Senate Bill 3950 beneath the fold.

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I will rather see Senate Bill 3950 Die than add to it.

47 votes Vote Now!

I will rather see Senate Bill 3950 Die than add to it.

Yes

14 votes

23 votes

Go to Hell, non pure one

5 votes

Pie

5 votes

Being a Citizen is like brushing your teeth

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Wednesday January 20, 2010 · 12:22 PM PST

2010/01/20 · 12:22

I was going to write a diary about disloyalty and dysfunctional democrats, about greed and stupidity, about lack of courage, and all hat jazz, but that is already being done.

So I wanted to write about being a citizen, and how actually easy it is to be an informed citizen, instead of a whining victim.

Get up

Brush teeth

Raise Hell (politely)

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Tuesday January 19, 2010 · 8:02 PM PST

2010/01/19 · 20:02

First- to those who voted for Coakley in MA:

I am so sorry. I phone banked with OFA for two weeks and spoke to many of you. You guys are awesome! Even when we groaned together over the many creaky and silly mistakes that Ms. Coakley made as candidate, you guys understood what was at stake, and understood that having overwhelming, bs proof majority was key to getting the nation back on track, as well as support of the President.

Second- to those of you on DKOS, candidates and members alike: Can you stop with the BS now?

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Thursday January 14, 2010 · 12:13 PM PST

2010/01/14 · 12:13

There was a diary earlier entitled "Rush Limbaugh, Die Already" which received plenty of down ratings because of title. I recced it because I got to read and hear the entire transcript of Limbaugh's lovely screed.

Here's the transcript in all of it's glory for you guys to see so that the HR donuts or whatever is taken off gospell's diary.

Yeah, and while you may object to people wishing Rush dead, this is what dear old Rushie said yesterday to his brown shirts:

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If you have a spare $20

69 votes Vote Now!

If you have a spare $20

Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/

23 votes

Catholic Relief- http://crs.org/

3 votes

Heifer International- http://www.heifer.org/

5 votes

YELE: http://www.yele.org/

6 votes

Medicienes Sans Frontiers doctorswithoutborders.org/

32 votes

Stop fighting Vietnam

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Tuesday December 01, 2009 · 5:26 PM PST

2009/12/01 · 17:26

Quite frankly, you guys of a certain age have got to stop fighting Vietnam. It's pathetic, really, how many of you on DKOS who already don't like the President because he is not covering your particular issue at this VERY MOMENT (never mind the dude is working on six impossible things before breakfast, and that does not even include being a parent) are ready to scream about escalation and betrayal.

Never mind that Obama clearly talked about this in campaign trail- that the instability in Afghanistan needs to be addressed and that escalation was part of the plan.

But this not about the stability of Afghanistan and by extension Pakistan and India. This is not about making sure there are steps so that hungry, brutally impoverished people think it's a great idea to strap a bomb on and kill themselves.

It's about fighting Vietnam all over again.

Sorry, not doing it.

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Thursday November 05, 2009 · 1:33 PM PST

2009/11/05 · 13:33

From Coates blog on The Atlantic:Why are posters here, and the media generally, ignoring the fact that these results were driven by Maine's overwhelming number of black churches?

And yeah, in case you did not get the reference, that was when African Americans in California were blamed for Prop 8, even though if one took out all the African- american ( and Pacific islander, and Asian descended, and Hispanic/Latino votes, but apparently their vote did not count). There was quite a bit of ugliness here, plenty of blaming President-Elect Obama. I got really ticked off, since many of my neighbors happened to be African american or Latino and gay and live here in Portland, where we had a similar disgusting vote, despite working our asses off.

So what did we learn, Dorothy?

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Thursday October 29, 2009 · 1:48 AM PDT

2009/10/29 · 01:48

I live on the edge of Beaverton, Oregon. My HOA association does not allow gardens that bear fruit, so I go gleaning and rummaging through the fields, abandoned gardens and neighboring homes for food. I have harvest cherries, apricots, blackberries and raspberries, tomatoes, plums, walnuts, chestnuts and wild asparagus and pot herbs. I have frozen much of the fruit, and right now I am curing much of the nuts. It's very comforting, especially with being on the edge.

Sometime you need food to feed the soul. What with all the nonsense going on, sometimes you need something comforting that you made your self. I have made this pie and let me tell you this make your house smell very lovely, and it will soften your mood as you take time out with friends and family and try to figure the world out.

Fall Plum pie is friendly to both vegans and omnivores. For those of us with gluten difficulties I have include a vegan gluten free pie crust recipe.

Enjoy!

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I have a favorite

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I have a favorite

cupcake recipe

0 votes

cake recipe

1 vote

pie recipe

3 votes

soup recipe

3 votes

Why aren't you here making me a pie?

8 votes

Being played like a fiddle- The Opt Out is non-optional

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Wednesday October 28, 2009 · 12:57 AM PDT

2009/10/28 · 00:57

Hey guys-

This was going to be a post about my fall plum pie recipe, and imma gonna let you have that, but first I have to share what a reader ofSully's (Andrew Sullivan on The Atlantic portal) has to say about about the Public Option version under consideration, the so called opt out:

The reason moderates are balking on the public option opt-out is because they see it for what it is -- a false concession... The opt-out does not make the public option weak. It does not change the substance of the "full" public option in any meaningful way.

OH SHIT SON THEY'RE ON TO US!

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Thursday October 22, 2009 · 1:43 PM PDT

2009/10/22 · 13:43

Hey All-

So this diary started as a comment on Watch Al Franken slice and dice the nice wingnut lady but it got really long, so I decided to expand upon it here.

The one thing you can count on when reform is talked about is that our survival rates for cancer- always the dread cancer- is very high due to our technology and so we need to have our piecemeal system to insure the very best tech can be purchased by patients. I am here to tell you that is not always true.

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What will I do for better health?

56 votes Vote Now!

What will I do for better health?

Go for a good walk

24 votes

Go for a bike ride

8 votes

Go dancing

1 vote

Go swimming

7 votes

Go bake a pie.

16 votes

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Well, Fine. Let's Party Like it's 1994

Seriously? Let's Stop Whining and start winning

OFA Victory Party at Kells in PDX, Oregon

The Horrible, Awful Senate Bill 3950

Being a Citizen is like brushing your teeth

So, can we stop with the BS now?

Rush Limbaugh: Haiti's Disaster is PERFECT, AMIRITE?

Stop fighting Vietnam

White Skin Privilege and Maine, The Sequel.

Let them Eat Fall Plum Pie.

Being played like a fiddle- The Opt Out is non-optional

Cancer Survival Rates=Red Herring