A Drum-tight Case: Stephen Colbert for Veep.

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Wednesday July 30, 2008 · 4:53 PM PDT

2008/07/30 · 16:53

He’s an experienced campaigner, he can debate, he’s from the South, he can raise money; and, if change is the goal, who better to turn Washington on its head? This is my case to convince you to convince Obama that he needs to choose Colbert for Veep

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The Strength of America

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Monday June 16, 2008 · 10:04 PM PDT

2008/06/16 · 22:04

The strength of America is not her military might, nor her economic power. It’s not that we have better people or a more hospitable climate. All of the above helps a great deal to create an environment where diversity, our greatest strength of all, exists peacefully.

Diversity, in this context, is not just about race or gender; although those are included categories. It’s much broader and harder to define. It’s about cowboys and Indians; Socs and Greasers; blue-collar and white-collar; preppy and grunge; and homophobes and queens just to name a few examples. Our diversity isn’t always perfect, but it’s usually productive, because, sometimes, sadly, conflict leads to progress.

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Saturday January 26, 2008 · 8:11 AM PST

2008/01/26 · 08:11

So, Mukasey hung a picture of George Orwell in his office. So what? Is the inference that Mukasey craves an Orwellian society? Maybe he does, but hanging a picture of Orwell certainly doesn't prove anything.

"Liberty is telling people what they do not want to hear."—from a preface to Animal Farm

Orwell was a great and important writer. To try and slime someone over their admiration of Orwell is, to be honest, Orwellian.

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Tuesday January 15, 2008 · 6:40 PM PST

2008/01/15 · 18:40

If I have my way, "Undecided" will win the election. Maybe it's because I never had a chance to decide anything. Perhaps it's because the candidates disappoint me. I can't even choose which of those is right.

Either way, I can't decide which one of the candidates I don't like. I like them all. They're terrific. I'll bet each of them would rank among the best presidents ever.

Whenever I think of our candidates, my brain starts singing, "Everything's coming up Roses" to itself.

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Monday January 07, 2008 · 7:59 PM PST

2008/01/07 · 19:59

Look, before you zot me, just let me say that I'm a fair-minded Democrat, and I appear to be lost.

I thought I was logging on to Daily Kos (don't hate me), but I found myself here and I'm not sure how it happened.

Granted, I was hoping to innocently find some dirt on Mitt Romney or Mike Huckabee (sorry), but I found myself reading a bunch of posts smearing democratic candidates.

Needless to say, I'm a bit befuddled, confused and redundant.

Please see my request below.

MrHinkyDink

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Sunday December 16, 2007 · 10:11 AM PST

2007/12/16 · 10:11

This story – like most, I assume – begins with a question. We’ll get to that question in a minute, but first, let me tell you how we got to the question this tale will address.

Late last spring, the family and I went camping. I would say I took them camping, but really, they took me. For me, camping is fun, but it’s a lot of work. It’s not the work I’m used to, though. That makes it okay.

We loaded up the car and traveled to Prizer Point. It’s on Lake Barclay near "Land Between the Lakes" – a national recreation area.

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Friday November 02, 2007 · 6:36 AM PDT

2007/11/02 · 06:36

Minneapolis, MN – Many prominent Republicans voiced their concern about the withering criticism leveled at industrial food giant General Mills during a time of war. House minority leader, John Boehner went as far to call critics "un-American." Said Boehner, "These unfair criticisms of General Mills can only undermine the moral of our troops, who happen to love the free market."

Critics have accused General Mills of a cover-up during their recent voluntary recall of nearly 5 million Totino’s brand and Jeno’s brand frozen pizzas suspected of being tainted with the E. Coli virus.

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Monday October 22, 2007 · 6:54 AM PDT

2007/10/22 · 06:54

Outing gives Potter passages new meaning

The British author stunned her fans at Carnegie Hall on Friday night when she answered one young reader's question about Dumbledore by saying that he was gay and had been in love with Grindelwald, whom he had defeated years ago in a bitter fight.

I never saw this one coming and I'll bet the crazy, right-wing evangelicals did, either. But, I can hear the distant pops, as there heads explode with righteous indignation.

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Wednesday October 17, 2007 · 6:45 AM PDT

2007/10/17 · 06:45

Today's edition of the Courier Journal features a story that calls Mitch on his bullshit.

McConnell knew of e-mails about boy
TV interview included denial

By James R. Carroll
jcarroll@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal

WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell knew last week -- at a time when he was denying it -- that his staff had sent e-mails encouraging reporters to look into the background of a 12-year-old boy used by Democrats to support expansion of a health-care program.

Update: The Mitch McConnell story is currently up to #2 on the "Top Clicks" and they've moved the story to the top of the page. Also, another new reader comment highlighted below.

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Sunday October 07, 2007 · 8:36 PM PDT

2007/10/07 · 20:36

For further reading, please see my previous two diaries, "Blackwater and the Matewan Massacre," and "Blackwater and the Ludlow Massacre."

This will be a shorter diary with less comment from me, because in my research on Baldwin-Felts and Pinkerton (I’ll eventually be writing a "Blackwater and the Battle of Homestead" and a "Blackwater and the Haymarket Massacre" diaries), I ran across this article. It really puts a lot of things in perspective and will give you a shiver up your spine.

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Friday October 05, 2007 · 7:52 PM PDT

2007/10/05 · 19:52

This is a follow up of most recent diary, my "Blackwater and the Matewan Massacre." I would like to give a tip of the hat to El Maso for giving me a crucial bit of knowledge.

The Ludlow massacre pertains to the violent deaths of 20 people during an attack by the Colorado National Guard on a tent colony of 1,200 striking coal miners and their families at Ludlow, Colorado in the U.S. on April 20, 1914. These deaths occurred after a day-long fight between strikers and the Guard. Two women, twelve children, six miners and union officials and one National Guardsman were killed. In response, the miners armed themselves and attacked dozens of mines, destroying property and engaging in several skirmishes with the Colorado National Guard.

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Thursday October 04, 2007 · 10:50 AM PDT

2007/10/04 · 10:50

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In the spring of 1912 at the height of one of the bloodiest coal mine wars in West Virginia history, a sweet-looking, grand-motherly little old lady by the name of Mary (better known as "Mother") Jones mounted the capitol steps in Charleston and made the following pronouncement:

"Unless (Gov. William E. Glasscock) rids Paint Creek and Cabin Creek of these goddamned Baldwin-Felts mine guard thugs,there is going to be one hell of a lot of bloodletting in these hills."

This diary will attempt to show the danger inherent with companies like Blackwater by examining the actions of the infamous Baldwin-Felts "thugs."

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Why I'm voting "Undecided."

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The evil God

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Oh my! Dumbledore is gay.

Update: Help shine a light on McConnell's lies.

Blackwater and the Industrial Police State

Blackwater and the Ludlow Massacre.

Blackwater and the Matewan Massacre