Late night drunken rant!

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Thursday February 21, 2008 · 11:33 PM PST

2008/02/21 · 23:33

For those of you familiar with Craigslist's Rants and Raves, shouldn't we have one here? And I don't mean the Cheers and Jeers, G-rated, "pootie"-filled silliness (rant 1: pootie? really? are kidding me? where i come from, pootie is short for something far different than cats.). I'm talking some serious fucking ranting. And I also don't mean, What's Your Problem? No, I'm talking about some serious fucking ranting. And you, yes you, please join me in some ranting. Let's get started. And let's insult some people along the way, because it's not a rant if someone doesn't feel pissed.

maw150

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Tuesday February 12, 2008 · 2:39 AM PST

2008/02/12 · 02:39

This diary is about us: I'm 25, and all of my friends are plus or minus two years from me. I start this diary with a few important points:

The Democratic Party has been the best institution in American politics for people that believe in change, for many years. It has upheld the concept of equality more than any other major party, other than (maybe) the Green Party (and believe me, I voted for Gore in my first election.)

I am an Obama supporter, and so are most of my friends and "colleagues" (a silly word - though we graduated from great universities, we still copy, fax, and type for our bosses). But I will happily vote for Hillary if she wins. I think she's a wonderful person and would be a great president. But we all like Obama much, much more.

However, my generation (I'm 25), the generation that pushed for Dean in college (I went to Columbia University, a Deaniac base if there was one), has quite a few doubts about this party. We always did; we were the ones that took busses to D.C. in March 2003 to protest the war. I remember that bus ride, and so many of us talked about how many Democrats voted for it. This was particularly powerful, since all of us were in New York on 9/11.

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Wednesday December 20, 2006 · 7:48 AM PST

2006/12/20 · 07:48

My name is Mark Weiner, and I am the Executive Director of a grassroots, disaster relief group called Emergency Communities. I have diaried about our efforts on the Gulf over the past year (here, here, and here). Clammyc wrote a diary on Monday detailing some of the conditions down here, particularly in the Lower 9th Ward of Orleans Parish. He suggested that people might want to know how to help, and Kossacks have helped before, so I'll let you know after the jump.

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Tuesday August 29, 2006 · 10:27 AM PDT

2006/08/29 · 10:27

After the storm struck, myself and a few others started a grassroots non-profit called Emergency Communities. The organization was started due to our frustrated efforts to volunteer after the storm, and the lack of community-based disaster groups we found once getting on the ground. A few weeks after we started, I diaried about the new group here on DKos, and recieved great support for you Kossaks. So on this anniversary of the storm, I would like to tell you about how we've progressed, what it's like down here, and how Emergency Communities has grown to have a massive impact on Gulf Coast. Read More

New Orleans? Katrina? Come on, its 2006!

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Tuesday January 10, 2006 · 6:00 AM PST

2006/01/10 · 06:00

Please, at the very least, recommend this diary - every Kossack should read this.

On December 6th, 2005, I wrote a diary about FEMA kicking people out, and a new grassroots relief operation called Emergency Communities. This is sort of an update, but more a PLEA FOR HELP. As I said then, only NOW are people returning to their shattered homes - most have been living in subsidized housing which is ending daily. Please read below the fold. Read More

Thank you Kossacks!

maw150

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Monday December 05, 2005 · 8:15 AM PST

2005/12/05 · 08:15

On Friday, I posted a diary that described our new disaster relief group Emergency Communities, and the large kitchen we're opening right outside New Orleans this week. I also wrote about how FEMA is kicking people out of subsidized housing very soon, and that the temperatures are dropping down here. Read More

FEMA kicking people out! Please help!

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Friday December 02, 2005 · 8:09 AM PST

2005/12/02 · 08:09

UPDATE: see extended entry (too long for up here!)

Please, if nothing else, recommend this diary. Everyone should see this.

FEMA has already begun to kick people out of their temporary housing. I'm in New Orleans right now, and I've met three different people who have said that FEMA stopped subsidizing their housing. By January 7th, FEMA will end subsidized housing for Katrina refugees in hotels for thousands of families. Many families are already trickling back in to their shattered homes. At the same time, the Gulf Winter is beginning to set in:

No new houses are framed out. No lots cleared. There is just devastation and a lingering stench and a tent city in which hundreds of residents huddle against the first chill of winter and wonder where they'll find the money to rebuild their lives.

The first deaths from hypothermia are being reported. We need your help. Please recommend this diary, and read below. Read More

Emergency! Please help us Kossacks!

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Monday November 28, 2005 · 9:34 AM PST

2005/11/28 · 09:34

By January 7th, FEMA will end subsidized housing for Katrina refugees in hotels for thousands of families. Many families are already trickling back in to their shattered homes. At the same time, the Gulf Winter is beginning to set in:

We need your help. Please recommend this diary, and read below. Read More

A question for you liberal lawyers...

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Tuesday September 20, 2005 · 7:51 AM PDT

2005/09/20 · 07:51

Inspired by wmtriallawyer's post, I too would like to ask for advice from the dKos community, particularly the attorneys (and I KNOW there are a lot of you!). I realize that it may be out of the range of strictly political commentary, so I apologize in advance. But I have two important questions: Read More

They're eating each other...

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Friday August 26, 2005 · 11:34 AM PDT

2005/08/26 · 11:34

In the best news of today, Evangelical group Center for Reclaiming America (from what? themselves?) is running ads attacking Frist for his pro-stem cell research stance.

"An evangelical group has begun a weeklong advertising campaign in Iowa criticizing Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist for backing expanded embryonic stem cell research.

"We know Iowa is a way to get everybody's attention," said Gary Cass, head of the Florida-based Center for Reclaiming America. "Our hope is Senator Frist will hear from Iowans and they are kind of a bellwether state in the heartland."

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Late night drunken rant!

Update 2: Make no mistake: We will quit the Democratic Party

ACTION: Help the Lower 9th For Christmas

A Light in the Storm

New Orleans? Katrina? Come on, its 2006!

Thank you Kossacks!

FEMA kicking people out! Please help!

Emergency! Please help us Kossacks!

A question for you liberal lawyers...

They're eating each other...