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Tuesday October 30, 2012 · 4:19 AM PDT

2012/10/30 · 04:19

So the campaign schedule post doesn't get hijacked, this diary is open thread who early birds who have been waiting for dKos to come back up!

Not having dKos up was no fun... it really is my best news source. I live in Peru now, which basically means I have CNN international on cable for US news. Bleh.

Last night dKos was waaaay more useful than CNN. On CNN, I got to watch Wolf drone on about a broken crane dangling in NYC. Just from threads here last night, I saw pictures (that eventually made their way to CNN), found links to great live feeds, was able to listen to FDNY scanners linked from here, etc. This site is the best.

While I haven't heard from all of my family and friends yet, looks like their areas all did pretty well. How's things where you are?

Help me understand a few things please...

johnny71

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Tuesday September 08, 2009 · 7:25 PM PDT

2009/09/08 · 19:25

I was just on Skype, talking to a friend of mine. We were talking about the different things we have seen so far from those who oppose the current administration, and grappling with patterns behind those different things.

What I can't get my head around is the who and why... please have a read and add or subtract as you can!

johnny71

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Thursday September 01, 2005 · 5:03 PM PDT

2005/09/01 · 17:03

Go grab yourself a beer, take a moment... and have a look at this:

Just ignore the pictures of what bush was doing as the disaster of Katrina unfolded, because it's not my point. Here, go read.

When you're done, there's more on the flip... Read More

How to win in 2006 (and poll)

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Monday August 08, 2005 · 11:02 AM PDT

2005/08/08 · 11:02

I will vote for any candidate, Democrat or Republican, who will say something to the effect of the following:

If I am elected, my first order of business is to impeach George W. Bush

Of course, my vote will fall to the left... but if a Republican says impeach and a Democrat doesn't, I'm voting for the Republican.

After all, that's really our first order of business, right? Read More

Ten Questions for Bush

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Monday August 01, 2005 · 8:18 AM PDT

2005/08/01 · 08:18

(I tried this over the weekend, apologies to those who have seen it before. Has since been deleted, didn't work as intended... thought I would give it another shot in dKos prime time.)

In the spirit of Westegg's generous assist for Bill Keller, I have decided to join the White House Press Corps. And you can too.

Do you remember during the presidential debates, that one debate where the audience came up with the questions? Those questions were fantastic, as I recall... and there's no reason why we can't do that now. Read More

Bush Admin Defeated in Iraq

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Wednesday July 27, 2005 · 6:47 PM PDT

2005/07/27 · 18:47

From this: Rumsfeld to Iraq: "Clean Up My Debacle", by Armando:

Mr. Rumsfeld also called on the Iraqi government to assume greater responsibility over time for the 15,000 detainees now in American custody in Iraq; to allocate enough money in future Iraqi budgets to field security forces that are capable of replacing many of the 22,000 foreign allied forces that plan to leave Iraq by year's end; and to improve cooperation between the Iraqi defense and interior ministries to enhance the combat readiness of Iraq's 170,000 military and paramilitary police forces.

So let me get this straight... Rumsfeld himself has popped up in Iraq, and he is essentially announcing terms for withdrawal. He is not out playing grand marshall at the Pepsi 400, he's in Iraq with a different audience... Read More

new vocabulary to watch for

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Saturday July 02, 2005 · 10:03 AM PDT

2005/07/02 · 10:03

I was just wandering around some conservative blogs and came across this:

Gallup announced yesterday that it had taken a snap poll after the speech given by George Bush on the war in Iraq from Fort Bragg. The poll showed some movement bolstering support for the war. In fact, it showed Bush picking up ten points on whether we are winning in Iraq (up to 54%), twelve points on keeping troops in Iraq until the situation improves as opposed to setting an exit date for their evacuation (now at 70%/25%), and seven points on whether Bush has a clear plan for handling the war in Iraq (up to 63%/35%).

The part that caught my eye was setting an exit date for their evacuation. I don't know about you, but that's the first time I have seen the withdrawal of coalition forces from Iraq referred to as an evacuation. Read More

democrat, liberal, progressive.... yawn

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Thursday January 06, 2005 · 9:42 PM PST

2005/01/06 · 21:42

from It's Over, with respect to DD:

But now you all have a choice. You can turn your back on the Democratic Party and attack it and its members and elected officials as mercilessly as you attack Republicans. Or you can join the rest of us in reforming the Democratic Party, refining its message, and uniting in opposition to Bush and the Republican government.

The short version: You're either with us or against us. Sound familiar? Read More

Potential Ratings Solution?

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Monday January 03, 2005 · 8:14 PM PST

2005/01/03 · 20:14

There were 450+ comments in the What to do about ratings thread by the time i got to it... but if I may be so bold I think I might have solution. So here's a diary in case my comments got lost in the jumble... Read More

AN OPEN LETTER TO REPUBLICANS

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Monday November 01, 2004 · 11:54 AM PST

2004/11/01 · 11:54

Dear Republican,

I wrote this as part of an ongoing email exchange with a Republican friend. It represents a lot of my thoughts in one place, so I thought I would share.

I am a registered Democrat, but I consider myself a left leaning independent. I'm registered as a Democrat because my state doesn't allow unregistered primary voting.

Anyway, I would have absolutely supported Dean, but not because of his platform. He came out against the Iraq invasion, and that's really all I needed to know as far as positions are concerned. The main reason I was for Dean was because I think he was a glimpse of something to come... where leaders derive their base from a network model. I don't think Dean ever intended to be president, I think he meant to drive the Democratic party to the left. He was successful in that I think, and perhaps even damaged the eventual nominee a little in the process. Anyway, I think his campaign unexpectedly took off for two primary reasons... it was funded in small increments by a broad network of indivuals, and his campaign was also willing to evolve it's platform using that same network. Read More

blogs beyond the election

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Monday September 27, 2004 · 10:53 PM PDT

2004/09/27 · 22:53

i've been a registered member of dkos roughly since june and i was a lurker before that. my posts have consisted of adding little bits to open threads, three diary entries previous to this one (nothing really to speak of), and cracking jokes here and there. mostly i take in more than i contribute, and i still have vast amounts of information to absorb. now i've been reading the various reactions to billmon's la times op-ed (log in with kos@dailykos.com / dailykos), and i might be able to weigh in.

to me, the notion that it's "the blogging phenomenon itself that may need the last rites" is simply not true. rather, i think the surface of the phenomenon has only been scratched. because of the blogging tools on the internet, an individual has the potential capability to inexpensively reach a global audience. if that's not power, i don't know what is. some examples:

the image of the war president is one of my favorites (and as such, i have posted in an open thread on this before, so forgive the repeat please). the first place i saw it was on the home page of michaelmoore.com. which led me to the blog of the guy who made it, joe wezorek of american leftist. the next time i saw it was on the bbc international site, in an article about war images. then i saw it again on the bbc site, this time in the context of a protest in south korea (it's image #3). to summarize, one guy (who could really be anyone) creates an image and posts it on his blog. because of the exchange of information that the internet allows the image gets support from michael moore, and appears twice on the bbc international site... once because it's in a protest in south korea. and if you google it, you'll find references to it in a lot of places and in different languages. Read More

Edwards needs some zingers too!

johnny71

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Friday September 24, 2004 · 7:44 AM PDT

2004/09/24 · 07:44

The first thing that comes to mind is that the question of Edwards' experience will be raised. Part of his reply could be something like:

'If I recall correctly, part of the reason Mr. Cheney was on the ticket in 2000 was to reassure those who thought Mr. Bush didn't have enough experience. Well look where the Vice President's experience has gotten us... secret meetings to determine our country's energy policy, no bid contracts with his former company, warnings that if my running mate is elected then we'll have a terrorist attack, etc, etc'.

Can you think of any?

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