Obama speaks on hunger

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Friday February 27, 2009 · 11:50 AM PST

2009/02/27 · 11:50

Two weeks ago several members of the Kos community took to discussing the growing problem of hunger in America in a fantastic series of diaries they titled filling empty bowls, including a moving summary by meteorblades you can read here. Last week as President Obama addressed the state of the economy, he acknowledged that many Americans are struggling with hunger and turning to food banks for help. But as those people reach out, he noted, food banks across the country are often unable to keep up with demand.

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Thursday August 10, 2006 · 7:30 AM PDT

2006/08/10 · 07:30

Breaking news

Terrorists may have almost done something! In a press conference that apparantly will be played in a loop ad infinitum from here to eternity Michael Chertoff said:

Blah! Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Blah blah, blah blah, look over here, blah blah blah blah, pay no attention to all the news about liberal democrats gaining ground and the death of conservatism, blah blah blah.

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Monday March 13, 2006 · 12:46 PM PST

2006/03/13 · 12:46

Hi all. I just wanted to make an open thread to continue the discussion on Senator Feingold's brave resolution, and most importantly to try to get some idea of who is on board.

Please post which senators you called in the heading, and if they plan on co-sponsoring in the body (as well as any comments). I will update regularly with the status.

Please recommend if you think this would be usefull.

UPDATE: here's the list of as of 3:12 pm Central- it is in the order of posts, so forgive the mayhem.
Obama.....unsure
Durbin....maybe
Wyden.....unsure
kerry.....yes
Kennedy....maybe
Salazar....unsure
specter....unsure
santorum...Hah! (no comment)
Reid......unsure
Smith.....unsure
Bayh......no comment
Lugar.....unsure
Lincoln...unsure
Pryor.....unsure
Clinton...unsure
Schumer....unsure
Dayton.....unsure
Coleman....maybe

the unsures are those who are evenly on the fence.
the no comments are almost certainly nos who's staffers didn't say as much
the maybes are those who seemed leaning towards yes.

1 senator. that's all we have. Read More

Fuck Ed Kilgore :: What they really think of us.

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Tuesday January 31, 2006 · 12:04 PM PST

2006/01/31 · 12:04

I know, I know. Infighting between Democrats is a dangerous thing. It is the curse of thinking peoples to lack the ability to mindlessly rally behind a single word, concept, or party. It is largely why we have a hard time selling our message.

But ta hell with Ed Kilgore.

UPDATE: Thanks to pursewarden for pointing out my dyslexic DNC, DLC typo, and I should've pointed out that the link only goes to the show's page. The audio won't be up until tomorrow. Read More

Sunday Music Blogging

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Sunday January 29, 2006 · 2:02 PM PST

2006/01/29 · 14:02

Sure there're more important things happening in the world. Between a Filibuster debate, Daily Abramoff revelations, a nuclear Iran, etc, I almost feel bad posting this.

Almost.

Sitting here trying to figure out what I could contribute to this community that has taught me so much- from the obvious political discussions to the Scientific Community, to Hybrid Cars and Energy Policy- I finally realized I should write what I know. And what I know is music.

So below please find the first in what I hope to be a series of posts on interesting and engaging music for those who are too busy posting about about important things to research new bands.

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The Agnostic's 2 cents

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Tuesday November 15, 2005 · 6:16 PM PST

2005/11/15 · 18:16

I know I know, everyone thinks the grass is always greener, or that they are the biggest victim. But after reading DarkSyde's fantastic (if a little long) diary on what it feels like to be an atheist, and PastorDan's equally fantastic comeback, I got to thinking about a drunken conversation- nay- argument that was recently had between me and two good friends, an atheist and theist. Read More

The Nightmare Started A LONG TIME AGO

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Wednesday November 09, 2005 · 9:58 AM PST

2005/11/09 · 09:58

Earlier today Thomas C wrote a diary entitled The Nightmare is Just Starting in which he points out that the White House has tampered with the transcript of a press briefing on Oct. 31st. After reading his diary I decided to use my handy lexus/nexus account and see if anyone has reported on this. What I found instead was even more disturbing.

It turns out the Bush White House has been tampering with everything they could get their hands on from the word go, including, but not isolated to, White House press briefings.

I know you're shocked. Stunned. "Get out of Dodge!" you say. Tragically it surprises no one that Bushco would tamper with the press, but I thought it'd be nice to try and have a cohesive list of said tamperings so we all have some idea of just how many times they've done this and maybe inspire some MSM reporter with Cajones to actually write about it. Read More

Constitutional Right To Privacy Amendment!

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Thursday November 03, 2005 · 9:21 PM PST

2005/11/03 · 21:21

Dan Savage recently proposed something that caught my eye and got me thinking. Why don't we have a constitutional ammendment gauranteeing a right to privacy? Then I noticed John Aravosis at Americablog posted this from SLOG

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Excercising the power of the Darksyde

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Wednesday September 14, 2005 · 8:44 PM PDT

2005/09/14 · 20:44

We are wasting our power.

Last week I was briefly perusing the diaries when an entry by Darksyde's caught my attention. It was all about the power we as liberal activists and liberal bloggers have to effect what the media chooses to air or not to air. Tons of you posted on those diaries, but for those that didn't, they're here, and here, with a relevant diary here.
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Classified Documents Skyrocket

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Thursday September 08, 2005 · 7:55 AM PDT

2005/09/08 · 07:55

One of the basic underlying principles of our Declaration of Indipendence is that the government derives its powers from an informed American Public.

My how times have changed.

For the year 2004 what our report highlighted was that there was an excess of 15 and a half million classification decisions where someone in the government created an information product and decided that it was appropriate to affix classification markings to it.
-William Leonard, National Archives

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Highway Robbery

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Tuesday August 16, 2005 · 8:31 AM PDT

2005/08/16 · 08:31

Q:What do you do when you thriftlessly spend all of the "political capital" you supposedly gain by stealing the 2004 election?

A:Buy more!

In the past week Bushco has signed off on two of the LARGEST bills in American history- both of them so filled with pork and kickbacks it prompted the MSM to do, well, almost nothing.

There was a time when Republicans were the fiscal responsibility party, fighting tooth and nail for smaller Federal spending. Not any more. Read More

Bush backtracking on Landmine Policy

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Monday August 15, 2005 · 12:24 PM PDT

2005/08/15 · 12:24

Many of you may remember talk of the Bush administration choosing to renew research and testing of nuclear weapons in hopes of producing a more tactically practical nuclear weapon, a smack in the face to all disarmament/IAEA treaties that we and our allies have worked so hard to put together.

Now, they have decided to renew the production of land mines. Read More

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Obama speaks on hunger

BREAKING: Blah blah blah! blah blah blah blah blah!

Censure Resolution Open Thread and Head Count- final Update

Fuck Ed Kilgore :: What they really think of us.

Sunday Music Blogging

The Agnostic's 2 cents

The Nightmare Started A LONG TIME AGO

Constitutional Right To Privacy Amendment!

Excercising the power of the Darksyde

Classified Documents Skyrocket

Highway Robbery

Bush backtracking on Landmine Policy