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Thursday December 02, 2010 · 5:53 PM PST

2010/12/02 · 17:53

There is a little known program through the U.S. treasury whereby citizens can make tax deductible-donations towards the US national debt. Yeah, who would do that. We'd rather complain about it..

307-310 million citizens.

What if $2 was donated twice a year, voluntarily, to the pay the U.S. debt by every American? Or more than a few dollars?

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Would you donate $4 a year to pay off the debt & save programs?

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Would you donate $4 a year to pay off the debt & save programs?

Yes

16 votes

14 votes

More than $4

7 votes

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Tuesday November 02, 2010 · 11:05 AM PDT

2010/11/02 · 11:05

We're down to the last few hours -- a few hours that could make or break the progressive agenda over the next two years.

Please take some time, after you've voted yourself, to get on the phones. You can visit Organizing for America's 2010 Phonebanking Campaign and begin calling registered Democrats now. These are usually friendly calls -- just ask if they've voted yet; remind them to if they haven't -- you can even help them out by providing their polling location.

It's quick, painless, and it can help.

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I'm going to make...

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I'm going to make...

0-5 calls today.

4 votes

10-15 calls today.

0 votes

15-20 calls todays.

0 votes

20-25 calls today.

0 votes

25-30 calls today.

0 votes

30+ calls today (goldstar!)

6 votes

Why ENDA Matters

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Tuesday October 19, 2010 · 10:43 AM PDT

2010/10/19 · 10:43

There's often been a lot of diaries and support for the repeal of DADT on dKos. And luckily, there's been recent judicial movement towards progress in that arena. But ENDA has sat on the back-burner. While the election on November 2 may decide the fate of many progressive reforms, it's worth keeping our eye on the ball in the final stretch.

We believe in a country that always strives toward more equality; we believe none of us are lesser in personhood. Then ENDA matters because legally, many have no repercussions for lost jobs, embarrassment, harassment. The majority of states have no ENDA-equivalent laws: there are workplace protection laws for sexual orientation in only 21 states.

A particularly egregious case reminds us how petty and irrational people can be. A gay man was fired in Mississippi. The man was a corrections officer for a college-town police department. He was fired because he called the police one night: he called the police because he was the victim of assault. Read again, if needed. More below, if you can stomach it.

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Saturday October 16, 2010 · 11:55 AM PDT

2010/10/16 · 11:55

I was embarrassed to read Bob Herbert's new op-ed in the New York Times today. One of the men behind the machinery of the current GOP is Haley Barbour, governor of Mississippi. His term ends in 2012. Herbert's column concerns the Scott Sisters of Mississippi, two (black) women arrested in 1993 for robbery. They were sentenced to two consecutive life terms. Read more here. Herbert contrasts other pardons Barbour has made against this one he refuses to consider.

It's worth mentioning the Scott Sisters didn't hurt anyone -- and stole a grand total of $11. From people they knew.

More below...

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Tuesday September 28, 2010 · 1:25 PM PDT

2010/09/28 · 13:25

No? I wish I didn't either. So enter the fray, more to discuss: a new mosque built in the deep south. Southern Mississippi, heart of former and lingering intolerances, where progress goes to slow.

Hattiesburg American -- CHRIST JESUS said: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." This is the first and greatest commandment.

And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'

Did this commandment say: Only love your Christian neighbor? No, it didn't. In this global society, your neighbor is not just the family living next door to you. Your neighbor could be someone in the next county, state, region, or even in another country.

One appropriate definition of "love" is "affectionate concern for the well-being of others."

One new neighbor in Hattiesburg is the Islamic Center of Hattiesburg located at 211 N. 25th Ave., across from the University of Southern Mississippi.

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Thursday September 23, 2010 · 1:30 PM PDT

2010/09/23 · 13:30

Dear Dems,

Yr doin it wrong!

Okay, I usually dislike these diaries that pretend to have the magic bullet on messaging. But how about this?

There are no tax cuts for the wealthy. There is only the ~~millionaires~~ billionaires bail-out that George W. Bush implemented. Like some of the other infamous bail-outs, it is not necessary, we can't afford it, and they don't deserve it.

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Which is better to argue against --

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Which is better to argue against --

Tax cuts for the wealthy

2 votes

Bailouts for billionaires

18 votes

Lobbyists Bet on the GOP (Again)

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Thursday September 09, 2010 · 1:17 PM PDT

2010/09/09 · 13:17

Yep, surprise, surprise -- big business lobbyists are buying up Republican "consultants" in the belief that the GOP will hold a majority in some branch next year.

WASHINGTON — With Democrats in danger of losing control of Congress, some prominent lobbying shops, trade groups and contractors are already moving to bring more Republicans on board to bolster their political fortunes.

Lobbyists, political consultants and headhunters all say that the going rate for Republicans — particularly current and former House staff members — has risen significantly in just the last few weeks, with salaries beginning at $300,000 and rising to as high as $1 million for private-sector positions.

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Tuesday September 07, 2010 · 8:07 PM PDT

2010/09/07 · 20:07

After saying he wouldn't accept stimulus money in 2009 ("We need a stimulus bill, just not this one. It’s too big, it’s too expensive"), the Governor of Mississippi ended up applying for the federal dollars. While the stimulus was just too big for Barbour, he's now stashing away $97 million dollars from this year's budget -- even during the rashest of cuts to healthcare, education, mental health, and the like.

Now, if the stimulus was too big, you'd think a state could've spent it all in the past year and half. But Barbour is refusing to help schools and universities as they wrestle with current crises:

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Friday August 20, 2010 · 10:13 PM PDT

2010/08/20 · 22:13

The troubled Republican National Committee has just over $5 million in the bank for the final stretch of the 2010 mid-term election campaign, according to an unannounced filing with the FEC disclosed Friday night.

The report also indicates that the national party headed by embattled chairman Michael Steele is carrying just over $2 million in debt.

There was no press release from the RNC attempting to put a positive spin on the grim numbers.

Instead, the article says, Republicans are outsourcing fundraising -- via American Crossroads and Karl Rove. In a separate article, American Crossroads reports taking in $2 million in July from various billionaires.

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Thursday August 19, 2010 · 11:07 AM PDT

2010/08/19 · 11:07

You know, the youth. Chronically addicted to video games, slacking off, being politically inactive and naive, and enjoying Cheetos on any given weekday.

Some good news from the youth front. They are innovating! Run for your lives!

BEIJING -- A 13-year-old American boy who made a rare visit to Pyongyang [North Korea] says officials there welcomed his idea for a "children's peace forest" in the demilitarized zone dividing North and South Korea, although they said it would only happen if the countries signed a peace treaty first.

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Tuesday August 03, 2010 · 3:21 PM PDT

2010/08/03 · 15:21

I was enjoying the funny, intelligent and highly-aware comments in HuffingtonPost's front-page article "'Just Say Now': Left-Right Coalition Launches Campaign to Legalize Pot." The page has exploded with comments, many seemingly from new HuffPo users. Which leads me to believe there is a real from-the-roots interest in legalizing pot. Many other commenters -- supportive -- were known Republicans, libertarians, or tea partiers. With this kind of strange coalition, who knows what we could do?

So, I began posting snippets on HP from a paper I had written on the history of marijuana. Got some nice responses and decided to bring it to you guys!

Humans have had a very long engagement with the plant. Those theories that keep popping up against legalization -- addiction, crime, even blatant racism -- are nothing new. Follow me below for the paper in full, as well as sourcing. History has a lesson for us.

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Legalize it?

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Legalize it?

Legaliiize it.

107 votes

Maybe.

1 vote

Only alcohol, tobacco, and prescription drugs should be free from prosecution.

6 votes

Let's go back.

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Monday July 19, 2010 · 8:43 AM PDT

2010/07/19 · 08:43

Here's the scene: 2005. Bush just won re-election and plans to privatize social security. Congress passes his energy bill, written by lobbyists to subsidize the oil industry. Democrats just barely manage to salvage the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Regulations have been stunted, and regulators are having sex and coke parties with industry. Hurricane Katrina smashes the Gulf Coast. Thousands homeless as Bush congratulates FEMA Director: "Heckuva job, Brownie."

Why not go back? The Washington Post notes that Rep. Pete Session (R-TX), in a discussion about Republicans under Bush on Meet the Press, suggested just this. "We need to go back to the exact same agenda that is empowering the free enterprise system rather than diminish it." Sessions' strange wording is incidental to what he's saying. How to best articulate the odd notion that Bush knew what was better for our economy?

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Haley Barbour Hoards Stimulus Money

No More Lapdances: RNC Goes Broke

In Support of the Youth

A History of Marijuana

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