Am I Gay?

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Tuesday September 15, 2009 · 12:40 PM PDT

2009/09/15 · 12:40

I am a forty two year old man. Eight years ago a Native American shaman told me he thought I was gay. This guy was a "seer" and in my interactions with him was right about alot of things. But when he gave me the news about my sexual identity I was not open to consider it. Now I am.

I bring this up on dailykos because I know this is an open community which embraces a variety of lifestyles and has alot of members who might be able to point me in the right direction in my time of discernment.

I have for the past eight years been avoiding this issue. Now I want to embrace it. So I am considering counseling and looking for resources, books, etc., to clarify my situation.

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Wednesday September 09, 2009 · 7:51 PM PDT

2009/09/09 · 19:51

It's Obama's world. We're all just living in it.

What President Obama accomplished tonight is very significant. I believe he turned a freight train of negativity in the media around one hundred and eighty degrees.

There won't be much debate of whether Obama accomplished his goals tonight. I think he did. I think what he REALLY did was preach to the Democratic choir while throwing the Republicans a few bones.

I think he set the tone for what will now transpire in the senate and satisfied alot of expectations for house democrats.

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Obama transcended the healthcare debate tonight

283 votes

it was just another speech

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Obama reappoints Bernanke: A good day for Obama administration

independentvoice

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Tuesday August 25, 2009 · 9:45 AM PDT

2009/08/25 · 09:45

President Obama did something unexpected today. Many wall street pundits felt that he would not reappoint Bernanke to the fed and that the markets would reel as a result. Obama has decided that it's still the economy stupid.

All things considered, as Obama moves forward in his presidency, he does not need to create any obstacles to economic growth. And like it or not, the wall street establishment needs to feel good about what he is doing.

Now wall street does not need to worry about some unknown entity taking over the fed. They have their security blanket. And the jobless recovery will continue toward predictable economic growth.

Gotta love predictablility.

independentvoice

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Monday August 17, 2009 · 6:23 AM PDT

2009/08/17 · 06:23

Apparently Sebelius misspoke. I am glad that the white house still affirms the possibility of pushing for the public option. Clearly they are trying to de-emphasize it. But they are not trying to erase it from the overall discussion.

I don't think it hurts Obama or the public option cause to make this shift in his overall approach to the discussion of health care. I think he has to shift the dialogue so that the contention over the public option is not always front and center.

Let us continue to push for it and hope that the senate can get its act together. It's still a finance committee world right now and September can't get here fast enough.

independentvoice

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Thursday August 06, 2009 · 8:06 AM PDT

2009/08/06 · 08:06

The AFL-CIO is getting in the game. And that's a good thing. This is a classic Democratic group engaging the angry mobs at their own level.

Since the Obama administration is not likely to move along fascist Bush like crowd control at town hall meetings, the unions will at least provide a counterbalance to the noisy wingers.

So the news reports will show that Democratic interests are being fought for in a way that the Media can understand. You shout at me. I shout at you. Somewhat juvenile, but ultimately our only option in this winger crazed environment.

Ah balance.

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Monday August 03, 2009 · 12:38 PM PDT

2009/08/03 · 12:38

Today at the hill a lone Democratic voice spoke clearly to what will be happening in the Senate come September. Not surprisingly it was Chuck Schumer.

Schumer fills the void of left by Majority Leader Harry Reid by saying some things to push back against Republican Senator Enzi's "we need to hold the entire Democratic Party hostage" rhetoric. Enzi wants "commitments" from Reid, Pelosi, and the Administration that all of the specifics of his bill (whatever they may be) will be included in the final bill.

By talking openly about reconciliation and an eventual floor vote on the public option Shumer shows that the Senate Dems may yet have some fight left in them.

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Monday July 27, 2009 · 12:18 PM PDT

2009/07/27 · 12:18

I am glad to see someone in a position of power, albeit in the House, call bullshit on the Baucus coalition of the willing charade. Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the head of the Democratic COngresional Campaign Committee suggested that it's close to "time's up" for the Senate finance committee to get it's job done.

I'm glad he goes after the lack of political will of the senate committee, as others in the senate are ready to move forward.

Wouldn't it be nice if someone in the senate started to speak in such bold terms?

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will get some traction

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will not penetrate the halls of the Senate

96 votes

Obama administration pushes back against Elmendorf, CBO report

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Sunday July 26, 2009 · 6:11 AM PDT

2009/07/26 · 06:11

It's good to see that the Obama administration is no longer going to allow Elmendorf to delegitimize and pan the legislation coming out of congress.

Elmendorf has established a pattern of analysis on the negative side when it comes to evaluating costs of congressional legislation. I don't know who appointed this man, but it probably wasn't Obama, and there probably is some politics going on.

So Orszag pushing back against the CBO's latest dressing down of congressional legislation is refreshing and hopefully the beginning of a trend. Let's marginaliz Elmendorf and challenge his analyses every step of the way.

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Saturday July 25, 2009 · 12:18 PM PDT

2009/07/25 · 12:18

Disclaimer: I do not enjoy being the bearer of bad news. But this has been almost a NO NEWS day and so this bad news is close to the only news I have seen. Don't kill the messenger.

The hits just keep on coming. This is the kind of news that Republicans, blue dogs and the mainstream media will pile up on for good effect. I expect Sunday talk shows to include a strong dose of this report.

At least the CBO said that the new plan will not COST money.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings, but there it is. Can this CBO report be blown off or reinterpreted? Perhaps. But man, I wish Elmendorf would find a way to STFUP!

One thing I would say about all of these NON SAVING savings plans is that they simply highlight the necessity of the public option. HELLO in every bill that includes a serious public option, serious savings appear. The bigger and better the public option, the more the savings. Somebody needs to say THAT.

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making politically charged analyses

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fair, evenhanded, and soforth

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Updated: House leadership may Bypass Blue Dogs and take it to the floor

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Friday July 24, 2009 · 8:12 AM PDT

2009/07/24 · 08:12

I am searching for the silver lining in the array of clouds over the health care legislation process. This latest blurb from Politico seems to show the continued strength of house leadership.

We won't know until monday according to Congress daily. But it makes sense. Pelosi is ready to move this and many others in the House are behind her.

She believes she has the votes to get something passed. And this could get something done before the August deadline, giving House reps something to talk to constituents about over the August break and changing the meme from "total congressional fail" to basic "Senate fail".

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Thursday July 23, 2009 · 5:52 AM PDT

2009/07/23 · 05:52

Always the good soldier, Nancy Pelosi yesterday said in comments to the Huffington Post that she is willing to keep the House working on health care legislation through the August recess.

On the downside she acknowledges that such a course of action would be futile if the Senate does not move its own legislation by their August deadline.

Still, she has made herself clear and put to doubt any questions about whether she has the political will to move things forward. This clarification on her part puts the political football squarely in the hands of the Senate, where political will is apparently lacking.

Harry Reid? Are you out there? It would be nice to see similar leadership from you on this subject.

Some excerpts of Pelosi's comments follow below.

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may have a significant impact on the schedule/process in the senate

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will fall on deaf Senate ears

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Obama's Stern Tone at Friday Health Care Offensive w/poll

independentvoice

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Friday July 17, 2009 · 1:42 PM PDT

2009/07/17 · 13:42

With attitude and severity not present in most of his speeches this year, President Barack Obama presented his view of the current legislative process and discourse of recent months. He "went historical" on the audience noting the concessions already achieved from doctors, nurses, the pharmaceutical industry and hospitals. His words were crisp, like a stern lecture to a disobedient child.

He gave short shrift to the twenty four hour news cycle as an opener and rolled on from there. He tallied several areas of consensus already achieved in congress around lower cost, more choices and dependable coverage.

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Today's speech

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showed some moxie and indicates Obama is willing to play hardball

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repeated mostly what people already know and was ineffective

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