Electoral Shock Therapy for the Anxious

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Sunday November 02, 2008 · 3:37 AM PST

2008/11/02 · 03:37

It has been a long time since I have written a diary, so bear with me. I used that phrase "electoral shock therapy" in a comment to yesterday's Morning Reaction diary and it has been rattling around in my head ever since. I've noticed this morning several other people expressing anxiety about the election, so I thought I would try expanding that thought into a diary.

SouthernBlueNeck

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Saturday April 29, 2006 · 3:56 AM PDT

2006/04/29 · 03:56

Crossposted at Just Plain Folk

These estimates are based on the assumptions of gasoline at $3.00 per gallon, and using the CAFE goal of 27mpg. The actual average fuel economy for cars and light trucks in the United States is approximately 21mpg. This is also assuming that you're not sitting in rush hour traffic, and that you drive more like Granny Gert than Rusty Wallace, which lets out a lot of people.

Let's get to work and spend your windfall.

EDIT - The numbers were calculated using the CAFE standard rather than the acutal average mpg which is a pipedream. Read More

Fear Hitting You in the Wallet Again

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Tuesday April 18, 2006 · 4:44 AM PDT

2006/04/18 · 04:44

Crossposted at Just Plain Folk

Oil hits record $72 on Iran Fears

Check out the article above. This is life in a fear-based economy. The Bush gang works the media machine to create the specter of another boogeyman, and you get hit with higher costs again. Looks like it's going to be another record breaking year for oil company profits.

Can you see the connection here? It's pretty obvious.

More inside

SouthernBlueNeck

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Sunday April 16, 2006 · 6:13 PM PDT

2006/04/16 · 18:13

Crossposted at Just Plain Folk

This seems like a clear sign that the Republicans know they've screwed up any chance of being able to even run the pretense of a "moderate" or "centrist" campaign:

Protection of marriage amendment? Check. Anti-flag burning legislation? Check. New abortion limits? Check.

Between now and the November elections, Republicans are penciling in plans to take action on social issues important to religious conservatives, the foundation of the GOP base, as they defend their congressional majority.

What does this mean we should look for? What we always see when they know they've screwed up. In a nutshell, shrill, piercing appeals to social fear designed to fire up the base, and attacks designed to disgust everyone else enough that they won't vote.

Step inside for ideas about what to do Read More

Homeland Insecurity

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Friday September 02, 2005 · 8:21 PM PDT

2005/09/02 · 20:21

Babies dying of dehydration; a dead woman lying in a street being eaten by rats; a significant portion of the population of a major urban area left for dead. I am bitterly ashamed that this is happening in my country. Fidel Castro today made an offer of a significant amount of assistance. Have we reached the point that Fidel Castro is more effective at coordinating disaster relief for our taxpaying citizens than our own President?

I am absolutely enraged that this man continued his vacation while a category 5 hurricane made its way toward the United States. I don't care if there is absolutely nothing to be done by doing it, but when there is a major threat to this country, I want to see the President cut short the damn vacation and haul ass back to Washington. I sure as hell don't want to see him go golfing as citizens of his country are dying, then off to a ballgame and photo op after photo op. Read More

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