Should we liveblog the State of the Union? w/poll

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Wednesday January 27, 2010 · 4:14 PM PST

2010/01/27 · 16:14

I called a friend and asked if he wanted to liveblog the speech today. His first response?

"To be honest, I'm sick of hearing him talk."

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What do you expect from the State of the Union?

41 votes Vote Now!

What do you expect from the State of the Union?

Not a damn thing. I'm not watching.

13 votes

SoU drinking game, and I got "jobs." GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD!

1 vote

A serious tongue-lashing [insert groan here]

0 votes

A inspirational call to...Aww, give it a rest.

11 votes

Obama will throw down the gauntlet, and shit is gonna change.

16 votes

I Call Bullsh7t w/poll

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Thursday February 26, 2009 · 6:55 PM PST

2009/02/26 · 18:55

I call bullshit on the Politico.

Here's the lede from the current Politico article:

President Barack Obama has spent months recasting Democratic goals on climate change and health care reform from liberal-leaning moral imperatives...

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Do I to be ombudsman of The Calling of the Bullshit?

33 votes Vote Now!

Do I to be ombudsman of The Calling of the Bullshit?

Absolutely

19 votes

That's too much power for your kind of mind.

3 votes

Hunh?

6 votes

No, I want it.

5 votes

Schools Lacking Stimulus, A Limerick of the Future w/poll

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Monday February 16, 2009 · 4:31 PM PST

2009/02/16 · 16:31

In the long ago year of '09

The government provided free time

To teachers of schools

Professional fools

Saving bugets by leaving them behind

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Who is the greatest enemy of education?

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Who is the greatest enemy of education?

John Boehner

6 votes

Mitch McConnell

2 votes

John McCain

3 votes

Jim Demint

2 votes

Sagging Pants

5 votes

Pirate Politics and Profit in Iraq w/poll

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Friday February 13, 2009 · 7:31 PM PST

2009/02/13 · 19:31

William Kidd petitioned King William III of England to become a Royal Navy Captain in 1695. Despite having a safe, comfortable life as a successful New York merchant captain, he actually wanted to serve his country.

For this purpose he traveled to London in 1695. Naively, he thought his experience would automatically convince the powers that be that he could lead men in service of the nation. Shortly after arriving in England, Kidd ran into another New Yorker, a merchant named Robert Livingston, who convinced him that the Navy was not the place for a man of his talents.

You see, Willilam Kidd had served England fighting as a privateer, a private contractor,...

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Who is(are) the most devious, dangerous pirate(s)?

43 votes Vote Now!

Who is(are) the most devious, dangerous pirate(s)?

Captain Kidd

1 vote

Robert Culliford

0 votes

American contractors in Iraq

6 votes

Contemporary Somali Pirates

1 vote

George Bush

3 votes

Dick Cheney

21 votes

Congressional Republicans

11 votes

Old Media Rex: Mumbai and the New Media w/poll

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Wednesday November 26, 2008 · 3:35 PM PST

2008/11/26 · 15:35

To Television News Executives Covering the Mumbai Attacks

Report the facts as facts when you know they are facts. If I watch something about terrorist attacks in Mumbai, I don't want to heare that American's are being targeted unless you know this for a fact. I don't want to hear your anchors ask about this. DO NOT REPORT RUMORS.

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Where do you go first when you hear of breaking news?

68 votes Vote Now!

Where do you go first when you hear of breaking news?

Television news?

13 votes

Print-media?

0 votes

The web?

55 votes

Ralph Nader Made Me Take a Razor to My Guitar w/poll

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Wednesday October 08, 2008 · 3:03 PM PDT

2008/10/08 · 15:03

I voted for Nader in 2000, and you what, I’m not sorry. Now, he can choke on his damn pride for all I care.

In 2000 I voted in South Carolina, even less of a battleground state then than now. If I had lived in Florida, it would have been difficult. I felt like Gore had betrayed his principles by not doing more on the environment as VP. I was still seething over the "Effective Death Penalty Act," and I didn’t realize Bush would be absolute evil. I thought he’d be similar to his father, wrong but not evil.

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Nader's run?

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Nader's run?

An attempt to save America from cowardly major parties

17 votes

An admirable attempt to influence the debate

6 votes

A misguided attempt to influence the debate

46 votes

A moronic and egotistical run that could help destroy everything he claims to support

188 votes

Yes, We Can Change Politics...If We Try w/poll

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Monday September 15, 2008 · 7:36 PM PDT

2008/09/15 · 19:36

A Los Angeles Times piece on September 13 criticizes Obama’s recent attack ad mocking Mr. McCain’s inability to send an email by invoking Mr. McCain’s injuries sustained while a POW.

This article is dishonest, and the L.A.Times author must know it. The issue raised in Mr. Obama's ad is that Mr. McCain has not learned how to send an email. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FRACTURED FINGERS.

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What next?

42 votes Vote Now!

What next?

Attack McCain for being computer illiterate.

0 votes

Take on the child protection issue head on.

1 vote

ECONOMY, ECONOMY, ECONOMY!

19 votes

All of the above

11 votes

Just push your policies and let McCain self destruct.

11 votes

Of Isis and Osiris

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Thursday September 11, 2008 · 3:09 PM PDT

2008/09/11 · 15:09

Death had come into the land from the time Osiris had been closed in the chest through the cunning of Seth; war was in the land; men always had arms in their hands. No longer did music sound, no longer did men and women talk sweetly and out of the depths of their feelings.

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Friday August 29, 2008 · 3:25 PM PDT

2008/08/29 · 15:25

I understand that Senator McCain's pick of Governor Palin has already been diaried to death. However, I thought I would share the immediate reactions of the women in my life. Personally, they reaffirmed why I admire all of them so much.

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What do you think?

76 votes Vote Now!

What do you think?

McCain's decision is historic and trailblazing.

6 votes

McCain's pick passes the traditional VP test of, "I might die."

0 votes

McCain has insulted the intelligence of voters, particularly female voters.

70 votes

Michelle's Potential Comparison w/poll

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Tuesday August 26, 2008 · 5:39 PM PDT

2008/08/26 · 17:39

Argument. How does it work? I would like to think I know a little bit about it. After all, teaching argument is my job. So, hear we go.

When I teach students to write compare and contrast essays, we always consider two models.

Model A, probably the most common model, includes two main parts. In part one, the author writes all about one topic like, for example, Barack Obama. In part two, the author writes all about the other topic like, for example, John McCain. One can do this with any comparison, also a general term including both specific comparison (noting similarity) and specific contrast (noting difference).

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What do you think?

86 votes Vote Now!

What do you think?

Michelle's speech was about telling a personal story, not politics.

41 votes

If Michelle's speech was just a personal narrative, why'd she list those issues?

2 votes

Beautiful speech Michelle, but take this advice next time.

4 votes

This diarist is an absolute moron.

14 votes

James Carville was an assasin in a past life.

25 votes

Open Letter to Keith Olbermann w/poll & REVISION 2

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Saturday August 09, 2008 · 5:39 PM PDT

2008/08/09 · 17:39

Mr. Olbermann, you have a unique opportunity that perfectly suits your ability and interest.

The world is watching China’s presentation of the Olympics for the next two weeks. In the United states, NBC provides the lens for this focus, and you anchor the most popular public affairs show on NBC’s news network. You are an editorialist who prides himself on challenging hypocrisy and injustice. I ask that you spend at least one minute during each episode of Countdown during this Olympic period holding China to account.

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Will Olberman address human rights in China during the Olympics?

256 votes Vote Now!

Will Olberman address human rights in China during the Olympics?

Everyday

21 votes

Occasionally

56 votes

Not Sure

48 votes

Doubtful

89 votes

Who cares?

42 votes

Obama’s Iraq Withdrawal “Nuance” w/poll

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Friday July 11, 2008 · 6:40 PM PDT

2008/07/11 · 18:40

ABC News recently posted an article entitled "Obama’s Iraq Withdrawal Plan May Prove Difficult."

This article is dishonest.

The ABC article says that Obama's plan would be very difficult logistically and uses as evidence the statements of an American Major General. He claims the military has the ability to remove

two-and-a-half brigade combat teams a month.

How is Obama’s plan to remove ONE TO TWO brigades a month proven impractical by an American commander saying we have the capacity to remove TWO-AND-A-HALF brigades a month? I teach English, but even I can see the flaws in this math.

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Obama's nuance?

50 votes Vote Now!

Obama's nuance?

It's nothing new.

40 votes

He's changed a bit.

3 votes

He never should have used nuance, out in 16 and damn the torpedoes.

3 votes

Who is this guy?

4 votes

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