You wanted a National Democrat ad?

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Thursday October 19, 2006 · 7:29 PM PDT

2006/10/19 · 19:29

Quickie diary.

Many have complained that the DNC has not run enough advertisement nationalizing this election, and that we're not pushing the brand "Democrats" hard enough (ex - most of the ads on the front page don't mention party affiliation).

Well, check out below the fold. Couldn't find a link on democrats.org, but it does say "paid for by the Democratic National Committee." Read More

At least Republicans aren't ACTUALLY Nazis

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Friday September 15, 2006 · 6:50 PM PDT

2006/09/15 · 18:50

There have been a lot of Nazi metaphors thrown around lately. Rumsfeld says that those who don't support the President's foreign policy are morally and intellectually confused, and that the threat from al Qaeda is a "similar challenge" to that of Nazi Germany. Bush says that al Qaeda is the "successor" to Nazism. Keith Olbermann says that Rumsfeld is similar to Neville Chamberlain in his "certainty - and his own confusion." Recently, the Bush administration has also been insisting that Ahmadinejad/Iran are like Hitler/Germany. So confusing - how can there be so many Hitlers at once!? Iran, of course, called Bush Hitler right back. But as power-hungry, cynical, divisive and short-sighted as the Bush administration is, at least they aren't ACTUALLY Nazis, and at least American's don't elect real Nazis into Government. Germany, on the other hand... Read More

Define 'Terrorism' (with poll)

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Sunday July 23, 2006 · 5:37 PM PDT

2006/07/23 · 17:37

Last year in the fall, one of my classes had as part of its midterm the following question:

Suggest a working definition of terrorism consisting of three key components that could meet with widespread international acceptance. Explain the significance of each key component that you have identified in your supporting text.

I thought it'd be interesting to see how DKos users define terrorism, especially in light of the Israel vs Hezbollah/Lebanon/Gaza conflict.

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Be the change you're looking for

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Monday January 30, 2006 · 9:27 PM PST

2006/01/30 · 21:27

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Gandhi.

So how will the Democratic Party become more progressive, more left wing, and more courageous if all the progressive and left wing people leave it?

We have two parties in this country. Don't be picky. More beneath the fold. Read More

Jeff Jacoby pisses me off and is wrong on Iran

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Wednesday January 25, 2006 · 11:00 AM PST

2006/01/25 · 11:00

Today is my first day of classes at school, but I don't have class til 3pm, so I was reading the globe when I came across Jeff Jacoby's opinion piece. Jacoby is the resident Republican on the Globe's opinion page. I like reading Jeff Jacoby, especially in the morning. Usually its like he slaps me in the face with his total lack of logical reasoning, and wakes me up quicker than Dunkin Donuts. Today, Jeff Jacoby tells us all that he thinks the U.S. should be prepared to invade Iran, in a piece called Don't go wobbly on Iran. Read More

Falsely imprisoned, returning to NYC to fight

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Monday January 23, 2006 · 2:04 PM PST

2006/01/23 · 14:04

According to an article in the International Herald Tribune today, six guys who were imprisoned without charges in New York City and eventually deported are returning to the States to sue the guards who beat them up when they were in prison, and also "top government officials". More on the flip. Read More

America doesn't apologize

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Wednesday January 18, 2006 · 10:24 AM PST

2006/01/18 · 10:24

Derrick Jackson wrote a great column in the Globe today, titled No Remorse. He hilights the fact that we still haven't yet actually said "Sorry, our bad" about the botched airstrike in Pakistan. The basic gist is that, through fighting Al Qaeda, we are becoming more like them. Read More

Helen Keller and Irony

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Monday October 10, 2005 · 1:13 PM PDT

2005/10/10 · 13:13

It's a Helen Keller joke! Except in this one, Ms. Keller gets the last laugh, as Alabama puts a socialist on its state quarter. Alabama's state quarter has a picture of Helen Keller, titled "Spirit of Courage". Read More

Teach for America

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Thursday September 15, 2005 · 3:28 PM PDT

2005/09/15 · 15:28

Hello. I am a senior in college and an infrequent diarist here due mainly to my classes/other time committments. As a senior in college I need something to do next year. I am considering applying to th Teach for America program. I would like your advice if you have any experience with this program or with teaching, or even if you don't. Read More

Srebrenica: in defense of Soj

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Tuesday July 12, 2005 · 6:35 AM PDT

2005/07/12 · 06:35

Not that a poster as distinguished as Soj needs defending, but...

I feel like many posters on Soj's entry Srebrenica: 10 Years Later were either ill-informed or unfair in their comments. Ill-informed both about the definition of genocide as well as the context of the dissolution of the Yugoslav state.

Poster "another American" charged that Soj's diary amounted to "holocaust denial". MT Spaces says Soj's entry is crap and that it makes DailyKos look like an inter-ethnic hate site. Steve M said that having such a diary on the recommended list was "dangerous" (I suppose he was right). Et cetera et cetera. All of these posters are, sadly, wrong. I think alot of these wrong comments stem from a lack of understanding of "genocide" - both the definition and the concept. It is clear from reading Soj's diary that Soj is not, as firenze alleges, trying to "explain away or deny a horrible atrocity". Read More

E. L. Doctorow on Bush and death

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Wednesday July 06, 2005 · 7:06 AM PDT

2005/07/06 · 07:06

Here is a very well-written essay by Edgar Lawrence Doctorow on why Bush doesn't give a damn about people dying. Here is an excerpt:

"...this president does not know what death is. He hasn't the mind for it. You see him joking with the press, peering under the table for the WMDs he can't seem to find, you see him at rallies strutting up to the stage in shirt sleeves to the roar of the carefully screened crowd, smiling and waving, triumphal, a he-man. He does not mourn."

Full text after the fold (with a poll!). Read More

Michelle Malkin and breastfeeding

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Wednesday June 15, 2005 · 6:35 PM PDT

2005/06/15 · 18:35

I agree with Michelle Malkin about something. I think I might be going to hell.

This diary will also ask you to compare breastfeeding with feminism. I will never breastfeed anything (I don't have boobs), and I don't consider myself a feminist, so I am curious as to what Kossacks think about this, as I am sure there are plenty of people here who satisfy one or both of those categories. Read More

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