The Ethnicities of Daily Kos Users (with a poll)

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Thursday August 04, 2005 · 1:16 PM PDT

2005/08/04 · 13:16

This diary from earlier today got me thinking. In the poll, flicknut asks if Markos' wonderful brainchild should be translated to Spanish. The poll responses got me thinking. Do you ever sit and wonder if you are the only African-American/Hispanic/Asian/etc. here? Sometimes I do, but then I try to remember that I can't see color through my monitor. That's why, simply out of curiousity, I would like to poll the Kossacks and get an accurate cross-section of the ethnicities of people who read this blog regularly. Read More

What Economic Recovery?

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Saturday April 30, 2005 · 11:23 PM PDT

2005/04/30 · 23:23

With all the talk about Social Security flying around, hardly anyone is talking about what is going on with the economy these days. Truth is, it's still in the shitter. And no one seems to notice:

The U.S. economy grew at its softest pace in two years during the first quarter 2005, slowing to a slowing down 3.1 percent annual rate of expansion as consumers and businesses curbed spending in the face of rising oil and raw material prices, the Commerce Department said on Thursday.

The expansion in GDP (Gross Domestic Product), which measures total output within U.S. borders, was the weakest since a 1.9 percent pace during the first quarter of 2003. It also was a surprisingly sharp deceleration from the 3.8 percent rate registered in the fourth quarter of 2004.

Stock market experts had forecast first-quarter GDP would grow at a relatively more robust 3.6 percent rate.

More below the fold. Read More

Trippin', MTV and an Environmentalist's Perspective.

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Monday April 25, 2005 · 7:46 PM PDT

2005/04/25 · 19:46

So after watching the Inferno II (a monday ritual during the school year), a new show that MTV is running called Trippin' came on. I, being an environmentalist, decided to give it a chance and watch a little bit.

Now, here's the problem. I'm not saying that what MTV is doing is ridiculous. I'm not saying that they should stick to what they know or anything so incredibly arrogant like that. All I'm saying is that if MTV wants to run a show based around the themes of conservation and environmentalism, they should do it right. And their focus should start at home, not in exotic places.

I don't want to see a bunch of beautiful celebrities travel to beautiful places and spew toxic filth out of their mouth. How about you? Read More

A Letter to CU's (Former) President Hoffman

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Monday March 07, 2005 · 9:19 PM PST

2005/03/07 · 21:19

http://www.cu.edu/news/stories/hoffman-resigns.html

Dear Betsy,

Today I heard that you have resigned as President of our prestigious University of Colorado, ending your 4 1/2 year tenure that was marred by scandal after scandal. I do not blame you completely for these scandals. I largely blame the culture of sex, alcohol and general apathy that you inherited. However, I do not absolve you completely of the things that occured under your watch. There were things that you didn't do particularly well as President-and it seems to me that it all started when you reinstated Gary Barnett after his 3 month suspension. Read More

Churchill, revisited.

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Sunday March 06, 2005 · 5:30 PM PST

2005/03/06 · 17:30

I miss the days of old, way back to when I was a fresh-faced geek entering my first days of college. Back then, all we ever cared about was what was going to be had for dinner at the dining hall, whether or not we belonged at dear old CU, and why we could never seem to agree on the whether stewie says "Laugh and Cry" or "F-in Cry" during the opening credits of Family Guy. I miss not having the responsibility of explaining CU's misdeeds every time I went home to Denver for the weekend. But mostly, I miss the warm spring nights spent on campus next to Kittredge Pond.

Now, It seems that everything has turned to shit here in windy Boulder, Colorado. I have forgotten how to love, how to sing and how to take joy in the little things that bring us together as a campus community. And Ward Churchill is not to blame. Read More

Bush says US won't attack Iran

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Friday February 18, 2005 · 2:46 PM PST

2005/02/18 · 14:46

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=513125

don't lie, George. don't lie.
honestly, don't lie.

My favorite quote of this story is simply: "We want diplomacy to work."

Don't lie George.

What do you think? I think that the more and more I hear about Iran, the closer we get to an invasion. And when you have a hawk like Condi as our HEAD DIPLOMAT, its only a matter of time.

We live in a great country, don't we?

Another Liberal Professor Bites the Dust

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Monday January 31, 2005 · 7:37 PM PST

2005/01/31 · 19:37

Poor CU. We just can't get out of the spotlight.

First this.

and then this.

Controversial CU prof resigns as department chair

When the college republicans smell blood in the water, boy do they go into a frenzy!

http://www.colorado.edu/StudentGroups/CURepublicans/classroom-bias.html Read More

An open letter to Joe Lieberman and Dianne Feinstein-DINOs extraordinares

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Tuesday January 25, 2005 · 9:16 PM PST

2005/01/25 · 21:16

Dear Senators Lieberman and Feinstein,

As a life-long democrat and avid follower of liberalism, I must say that the spinelessness that you showed during the senate confirmation hearings of Condoleezza Rice disappointed me. I know that things are rough out there for your kind--Republican majorities in both the house and senate make it tough for your types to do business. I also know that taking a moderate approach to legislative politics gives you both an edge in "reaching across the fence". However, these are trying times for the Democratic party and we must be "firm" and "resolute" when dealing with the fundamentalists that have taken over our government. Read More

George W, January 20, Radiohead

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Thursday January 20, 2005 · 3:33 PM PST

2005/01/20 · 15:33

I was reading the transcripts to George's speech he gave today and I couldn't help but think this:

I keep the wolf from the door
but he calls me up
calls me on the phone and
tells me all the ways that he's gonna mess me up
steal all my children and If I don't pay the ransom
I'll never see them again if I squeal to the cops

With the increasingly good possibility of a draft-how true is this?

Maybe our reply should be this:

Something for the rag and bone man
"OVER MY DEAD BODY!"
Something big is gonna happen
"OVER MY DEAD BODY!"

Resist everything he does. Resist everything he says. Don't make anything easy for him or the fundamentalists that have taken over our government, no matter how small or big the policy is. That's our mandate.

Boulder-Liberals on Campus? In Boulder? On Campus?

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Thursday December 02, 2004 · 9:14 PM PST

2004/12/02 · 21:14

Ever wonder why a lot of your professors seem to be liberal? Do you ever curse the day God decided to send you to university, because the lack of academic diversity gets you down? Are you a big fan of Orwellian language? Well, then Campus Republicans might be for you!
I was walking around my apartment yesterday when I saw this article laying on my brother's bed. The title of the article caught my attention: "For liberals, diversity's the thing--except in thought". And I thought to myself, what the hell is this doing in my brother's possesion? Turns out one of his more liberal professors decided to hand this out to his entire class, perhaps to make it seem like he is without bias (and therefore make himself less susceptible to the lynchings that are coming against liberal professors these days, at least in boulder) or perhaps he passed it out because he genuinely wants his students to see both sides of this issue.
And the best part is the article.
http://www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/national/will/story/11552809p-12450869c.html
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Talk about Black on Black crime!

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Tuesday November 23, 2004 · 9:15 PM PST

2004/11/23 · 21:15

Now, I certainly have no idea what this organization is all about, however it seems to be a super fundamentalist Christian something or other, founded by African-Americans against African-Americans. Case in point:

http://www.bondinfo.org/servicesactivities/activism/blacklist/blacklist.htm

I don't presume to be African-American, but I am a minority. I would think that minorities calling other minorities "Anti-American" might be a little bit of a sticking point--something I would generally be adverse to doing. But the guy who runs this organization seems to have no problem with it. Of course, this is also the guy who is the leader of "National Day of Repudiation of Jesse Jackson"...the man behind the boycott of the NAACP for being 'elitist and socialist'...and the man who describes himself as "the most courageous, outspoken critic of the civil-rights establishment in America today"...
Did I mention this guy was black? More... Read More

What is 'appropriate'? CU certainly isn't.

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Monday November 22, 2004 · 2:16 PM PST

2004/11/22 · 14:16

I go to the University of Colorado, if you don't know me. I am a junior of Environmental Studies with my area of focus being international development. So basically, I'm knowledgeable about almost everything but an expert in only 2 things: My distaste for republicans and why I hate college football.
Which brings me to the object of my banter for the day: Dick Tharp.

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E30780%257E2551611,00.html

For those of you who don't know, Dick Tharp is a menace to those who value education over football, those who value learning more than drinking. See, a few months back when the scandal was going on here at Dear Old C.U.--something was brought to light about our Athletic Director, Mr. Tharp. Guess what he has a minority ownership in, besides bad taste in political affliation? Liquor Mart--The largest Liquor retailer in Colorado. More... Read More

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