How do I avoid the feeling that I should just throw my hands up?

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Monday February 21, 2011 · 3:57 PM PST

2011/02/21 · 15:57

The uprisings in the Middle East are somewhat heartening.. if you ignore the rape and murder of reporters and the snipers firing on protesters... The protests in Wisconsin can be seen as encouraging if you don't get the feeling that Walker and the Koch brothers will eventually win. Yet, if you look at the GOP agenda and the way that the dialogue has assumed that "We have to be responsible and cut spending" is the default position of the right and left without any mention of increasing taxes or, perhaps, looking at spending on the entitlements that the large corporations and the rich enjoy.

Poll

42 votes Show Results

How pessimistic should we be?

42 votes Vote Now!

How pessimistic should we be?

We're all going to die!!!

15 votes

It doesn't look good.. sigh

8 votes

We have a lot of obstacles but we have to try

11 votes

We can do this

7 votes

It's all good

0 votes

La la la la la la la

0 votes

Happy, happy, , Joy joy..

1 vote

Really?........REALLY???!!!

rini6

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Saturday May 01, 2010 · 4:18 AM PDT

2010/05/01 · 04:18

The tragedy that occurred on April 20, in the Gulf of Mexico will have far reaching consequences. The loss of human life was the most obvious and horrific result. Other effects are so widespread that we cannot even know the exact extent of the damage or the extent of the impact this will have in the future.

One fact that we all know, and that has been mentioned in other diaries is that there was no acoustic switch that could turn off the spill. This is required in many countries. It used to be required in other countries. Somehow, from the years 2001 through 2008 this regulation was removed. Let's just say that the culprit's last name begins with a "C" and ends with a "y."(And has the letters "hene" in the middle.)

Poll

103 votes Show Results

Is this Obama's fault?

103 votes Vote Now!

Is this Obama's fault?

yes

3 votes

61 votes

maybe

0 votes

so's your face

6 votes

I hope that this halts off shore drilling for good

33 votes

What is wrong with Youtube?

rini6

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Tuesday March 30, 2010 · 4:43 PM PDT

2010/03/30 · 16:43

I know that no website and no website or news source can be entirely unbiased. But sometimes I am surprised. I mean, if I were watching Fox, I would expect it, but Youtube?

Is this this general knowledge? Is it just me? Any remotely political or news related search on Youtube seems to be conservatively bent. The comments are worse.

Once I posted a video diary regarding Obama's historic speech in the Mideast. I expressed my joy that the image other countries had of the United States seemed to be improving. I cannot remember the details. I think I blocked them out. Let's just say I immediately deleted most of the comments that I received.

Poll

77 votes Show Results

Have you noticed this?

77 votes Vote Now!

Have you noticed this?

Yes, on many sites

37 votes

Yes, particularly on Youtube

12 votes

Not really

22 votes

Lattes

2 votes

Macchiatos

3 votes

Tea (!!!!)

1 vote

I heard about it, but I hadn't seen it in full force

rini6

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Tuesday September 08, 2009 · 5:17 PM PDT

2009/09/08 · 17:17

....until now.

We have all heard about the gathering storm clouds of right wing anger. We have seen footage of the town hall meetings and the guns. We have read about the shooting/murder at the Holocaust Museum. I'm sure many of you have witnessed it in person.

I know many conservatives, mostly from work, and I have heard the verbal tirades. I have seen Beck and O'Reilly on TV. Ok, maybe it was a clip on the Colbert Report, but you get my drift.

rini6

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Wednesday August 12, 2009 · 8:22 AM PDT

2009/08/12 · 08:22

I know, I know. If you read one more health care diary you are probably going to explode. It's all people are talking about. Please bear with me, though, because I my eyes just welled up with tears and I just gotta vent.

rini6

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Saturday May 16, 2009 · 8:56 AM PDT

2009/05/16 · 08:56

Listen, during the primary and the general election, there was a natural tendency on the part of many on the left to over idealize him and make him into something he is not. He was a community organizer. He is educated, decent humane and intelligent. He does share our values. His entire life path wasn't a sham. It was real. His speeches were self written and spoke to a cohesive world view and vision for this country.

I know that there are many, now, who are more and more irate and bitterly disappointed. Actually, I have had these feelings too. How could I not?

Between some back pedaling on the environment and capitulation to the coal industry, to FISA, the bailout and, of course, the recent torture debacle, it's obvious that things are not going the way that we want. It's easy to start comparing Obama to W when he actually takes some of the same positions. AARGGH!

Still, I think it all makes sense. (Not that it's right.)

rini6

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Tuesday February 24, 2009 · 5:31 PM PST

2009/02/24 · 17:31

First of all, I am an asthma specialist with an MD. Anything I right is my opinion, doesn't represent the opinion of all specialists in asthma or even the other doctors in my practice.

Everyone reading this has to have had some personal contact or knowledge of someone with asthma. There are almost certainly kids in your kid's class with inhalers. You may have family or personal experience with asthma.

The asthmatic response is two-fold. The bronchial tissues become inflamed. The thought is that if this is ongoing, eventually, you will get contraction of the smooth muscle around the airways which causes bronchospasm.

Poll

63 votes Show Results

What is your experience with asthma?

63 votes Vote Now!

What is your experience with asthma?

I don't know anyone

2 votes

I know one or two people

10 votes

I know a ton of people with asthma

7 votes

people in my family have asthma

18 votes

I have asthma

26 votes

obligatory pie (no peanuts or tree nuts, please, I'm allergic)

0 votes

Irony Is Dead. Again. Yeah, Right.....NOT

rini6

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Sunday November 23, 2008 · 9:11 AM PST

2008/11/23 · 09:11

There is a NYTimes "style" section article on the idea that some Obama supporters are naive. The article mentions that some consider "hope" really "naivete." Apparently, the election results can be seen as evidence that our country has become a "vast Kool-Aid tank."

“Something bad happens, like 9/11, it’s the death of irony,” Mr. Whitehead said in an e-mail message on Thursday. “Something good happens, like Obama’s win, it’s the death of irony. When will someone proclaim the death of iceberg lettuce? I’m sick of it making my salads boring.”

Article

Poll

75 votes Show Results

Are we Kossacks naive??

75 votes Vote Now!

Are we Kossacks naive??

I want my mommy

5 votes

Idealistic- yes, naive -no

45 votes

yes

6 votes

no way, man

9 votes

Thanksgiving appropriate pecan or pumpkin pie

10 votes

The Blue Tide..... a Personal Story

rini6

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Tuesday October 14, 2008 · 7:02 PM PDT

2008/10/14 · 19:02

My mother has had a difficult life.

She grew up in Nurnberg, Germany. Although she wasn't horribly doomed like most of the Jewish population in Nurnberg, she remembers many air raid drills and food shortages. Although she was a top student in elementary school and loved to study, she was placed on the technical/blue collar high school track because the teachers told her parents that she was too skinny and that the stress of an academic high school would be too much.

As an adult, she had alopecia areata and lost a lot of hair. Fortunately, it grew back spontaneously and permanently.

She had several miscarriages between me and my sister. One or two of the boys were so late that they would probably have lived if they had been born in the past decade or two. She also had an ectopic pregnancy.

Poll

42 votes Show Results

How are your parents voting?

42 votes Vote Now!

How are your parents voting?

McCain, and I think I'll have to puncture their tires on Nov 4

1 vote

McCain....sigh

3 votes

not sure

2 votes

?vote???

0 votes

They are definitely undecided

1 vote

leaning Obama

4 votes

Obama Obama Obama!!!

24 votes

unable to vote, currently

7 votes

Remember FISA????

rini6

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Saturday September 13, 2008 · 5:10 AM PDT

2008/09/13 · 05:10

Memory lane.

Just a few short months ago. We, on this site, (including me) were wringing our hands and crying out "es tu Barack??"

There were Nadarish ideas of "both parties are all the same." "They are all corrupt." "Why does it even matter any more???"

Poll

63 votes Show Results

Have you become more motivated for Obama since the Palin pick??

63 votes Vote Now!

Have you become more motivated for Obama since the Palin pick??

um...D'uh. Of course I have.

29 votes

What was the question again??

4 votes

Oooh... something shiny

1 vote

No.. I am completely insane

6 votes

I have been intensely motivated for Obama since day one and haven't stopped being motivated

23 votes

Politics at my place of employment

rini6

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Monday September 08, 2008 · 2:54 PM PDT

2008/09/08 · 14:54

I am certainly not the first person to post regarding issues of work related discrimination based on political beliefs. I certainly don't think that my story demands the most angst or outrage. Nothing has happened to me, personally, but still.....

rini6

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Monday August 25, 2008 · 3:25 PM PDT

2008/08/25 · 15:25

Apparently.

Apparently, Obama "dismisses" things and there are "concerns" and there is "fallout."

I cannot believe how many seemingly innocuous statements all seem to point to "problems" with the Obama campaign. Interestingly, these "problems" are always vary and are never substantive. We are told that there are problems for the black community (if he succeeds, will people become unconcerned with racism? ). The entire story of his campaign is framed in possible negatives. Even his "Obamanomics" cover in the magazine has the words "taxation" and the words "debt" more visible than any positive words concerning the economy. Come to think of it, all the words were negative.

The culprit? The New York Times.

Sure, there have been negative McCain stories. However, these stories usually report something more substantive. With Obama, there is a disconnect between the words used and the actual facts of the story. It seems that even when Obama succeeds the words used are conditional and denote uncertainty.

Well, there you have it. Now, I will get more positive and watch the convention.

God I hope we are watching the next president of the U.S. If so, it won't be because of the "liberal media."

Poll

72 votes Show Results

Do you feel that Obama stories contain more negative language than McCain stories?

72 votes Vote Now!

Do you feel that Obama stories contain more negative language than McCain stories?

Yes, DUH.

56 votes

Negative language is used for both candidates

2 votes

No, the media is biased against McCain (and I am in a coma)

2 votes

Yes, the NYT is getting annoying. Can someone get rid of Kristol?

5 votes

Everyone loves parfaits

1 vote

Don't bother me. I'm watching the convention.

2 votes

All of the above (except number three)

4 votes

Newer
Older

RSS

How do I avoid the feeling that I should just throw my hands up?

Really?........REALLY???!!!

What is wrong with Youtube?

I heard about it, but I hadn't seen it in full force

Perhaps I'm a Schmuck

Obama so far? I am not surprised.

Asthma - global increase

Irony Is Dead. Again. Yeah, Right.....NOT

The Blue Tide..... a Personal Story

Remember FISA????

Politics at my place of employment

"Obama Dismisses Worries on Clinton Fallout"