The case for incremental progress. Not.

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Monday June 21, 2010 · 3:20 PM PDT

2010/06/21 · 15:20

Incremental change is called for when one can clearly see the serial progression of events. It can be likened to building a watch. Collect the pieces, find a watchmaker, then... Wait a minute, Where are the parts for all of those things we need? Where is the watchmaker? Oh, it will just happen, after all, we have a table, someday we'll get a lamp. We can wait. zzzzz

Compromise between political parties is nonexistent. Accommodation with the elected government and the unelected 'establishment power centers/corporate oligarchy/ conservative ideology network or 'death star USA' is what passes for government and politics. In other blunt words, phony politics and control of power. A conservative wet dream. Incremental change in this scenario is gradual regression.

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Are you going to be the change that you can believe in?

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Are you going to be the change that you can believe in?

Yes.

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Yes.

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Yes.

1 vote

Fuck that bastard.

2 votes

zzzzzzz huh?

4 votes

Reframing politics.

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Wednesday June 16, 2010 · 8:14 PM PDT

2010/06/16 · 20:14

I went on DK about a year ago. It was love at first read because I loved the front page and diary format. I am not so crazy about the comments, the relative conservatism of the prevailing politics, the herd mentality there and the way people treat each other. I read the philosophy of Kos and fully agreed with his propositions about a Democratic forum.
I will tell someone that they are crazy or call them names or tell them that they are wrong in short shrift if I know them very well, if we have had a long standing discussion and if I know their other positions but people, for the most part, have little restraint here. I have always been a potty mouth, a comedian and recondite but this was a different unmeasured, unrehearsed, wild thing.
So far, I have not fallen into that too easy anonymous familiarity. If I was going to start posting, I believed that I had to have my shit together, my positions thought out, and I had to re-evaluate my Left leaning politics. I even worked to integrate that with my spiritual and emotional feelings.

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Do you walk the talk?

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Do you walk the talk?

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Yes

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Yes

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Yes

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Letter from Xon.

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Sunday June 13, 2010 · 7:38 PM PDT

2010/06/13 · 19:38

I received e-mail from a friend who recently visited earth. He was here, in the states, looking at some real estate. He decided it was too degraded for relocation, in his words, ''they are really fucked up there; it could be so simple. Fortunately, we had blue feathers instead of war. Once we understood evolution, we were able to input it and that is when it changed rapidly. You guys are just suffering a slow death. Sorry, but you are personally handling it well .”

He writes:
I am going to talk about America exclusively, where our scanners register the most activity and conversely, the least personal tranquility on Earth. There are other places to look but you were right about it having the most potential.

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Have you spoken to an earth visitor lately?

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Have you spoken to an earth visitor lately?

Yes

1 vote

Tell me more.

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Get out of here.

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It doesn't matter; I belong to the union.

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I know a couple of Republicans.

3 votes

From where?

1 vote

The business of politics: entertainment.

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Wednesday June 09, 2010 · 2:27 PM PDT

2010/06/09 · 14:27

I prefer to leave discussion about whether or not God exists, alone. I wish everyone else would. Who is to say yes or no?  

Who? There is much to know and discover about being human. There is more insight on nothingness than there is about God.  

I can choose everything, from meaning and purpose to ethics. I can draw on all that was ever recorded and think about. I can tell you about my heart and soul without relying on anything but my humanity. I can tell you what I believe the aspirations of humanity should be based on what my and others humanity is. I can make art and poetry, philosophy and food. I can grow things and wash my clothes.   That is my heart; it is large enough to contain anything at all.

I appreciate any help from any where and I appreciate any struggle and wisdom. I know a lot about pain, I do not seek it, I do not run away from it. I have not been able to 'work' for fifteen years but I always have something to do. That is human.  

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Peace is:

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Peace is:

The great pumpkin

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Santa Claus

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Channuka Charley

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The Lone Ranger.

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Clarabelle

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Terry and the pirates

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Batman

0 votes

Mama Cass

2 votes

Jerry Garcia

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The Dalai Lama

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Cher

1 vote

The Pope.

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The Lebovavitch Rebbe

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Other

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Pie

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The slavery imposed by cynicism is not progressivism.

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Saturday June 05, 2010 · 9:06 PM PDT

2010/06/05 · 21:06

When I hear calls for progressive political action on and by the Left, I am so skeptical that I keep seeing the three-headed hydra, Medusa. Perseus had the shield of Athena, was able to blind the witches and had the means to kill them and ride away on Pegasus. I see no such strategy, all that I see is a lot of dreaming about politics, the conflation of grassroots activism with some kind of political pony that is supposedly going to appear under the Christmas tree because they have been good boys and girls.

I also love how everyone talks about progressive this or progressive that. Blowing smoke out of your butt in order to mask plain old party politicking because you disagree with the party establishment is more like the teabaggers than progressivism.

Their goal is to protest an unfair system that is not unfair enough in their favor. Sound familiar?  

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What's the deal?

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What's the deal?

You're crazy.

1 vote

You're naive.

3 votes

You're cynical

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You're a genius.

1 vote

You're obviously a Gemini.

0 votes

Get a life.

3 votes

Get a job.

0 votes

Father, forgive me, for I have sinned.

0 votes

Go in peace.

1 vote

Just go away. Please.

4 votes

Who really cares?

3 votes

It sounds like work. I can get it already assembled at Home Depot.

2 votes

It would make a great tattoo.

2 votes

I'm not crazy, everybody else is.

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Sunday May 30, 2010 · 2:18 PM PDT

2010/05/30 · 14:18

Here is this for those of you who want to get more info about your political bearings: http://PoliticalCompass.org/... I was surprised that I was rated ~~8.88,~~ 8.66 It is the most radically ”minus” numbers that I have run into when people tend to use them on sign off to their comments at DK. That drove me nuts for about two months until I found out what that meant. I thought that I was about as far from a Gandhi type as you can get.

Anyway, it is a fun exercise, not a badge of courage. It explains why I perceived some comments on DK as being extremely conservative. It also may explain why some people say that we have lost our political compass; meaning, “Why doesn’t everyone agree with me.” I wonder that myself sometimes, until I realize how ridiculous that is.
 
Politics, as exercised as an institution in the US, no longer serves democracy. It could, but for the inability to struggle against conservatism that by its nature is nihilistic.  By conservatism, I mean ANY establishment that seeks to perpetuate itself.  

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Monday May 17, 2010 · 9:46 PM PDT

2010/05/17 · 21:46

I am not going to go through the various definitions that a better Democrat might entail; I am sure that there are as many variable as there are Democrats, the one thing that I am addressing are voices calling for more Democrats and a better Democrat. I want say that I think that in order to get a better Democrat, we need better politicians competing with one another. In order to get better politicians, we need better voters, that is, informed voters. Informed on issues and candidates and something that I never hear mentioned; people with first hand experience of politicians working for something. In order to get better voters we need better citizens, meaning those who put people first. That takes the establishment of human rights and social justice.
Now I am not going to get into a chicken and egg thing about what came first, I am talking about right now in The United States. Regarding the idea of having more Democrats, get people to vote. Only fifty percent of the population is registered to vote, only a varying percentage of those people actually vote, 60% in a good year. Get young people to vote.

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Are you a better Democrat?

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Are you a better Democrat?

yes.

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President Obama to nominate Jesus Christ to Supreme Court

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Wednesday April 21, 2010 · 7:18 PM PDT

2010/04/21 · 19:18

President Barack Obama is expected to nominate Jesus Christ, an immigrant originally born to a virgin mother in Bethlehem, to fill the new vacancy on the Supreme Court. Although Mr. Christ is over 2,000 years old, He is immortal, so Democrats and Republicans expect that He will serve on the high court forever or until He decides to start the End Times. Republicans are expected to fight the nomination on the grounds that Mr. Christ would radically move the Court to the left. The GOP is also concerned that, despite decades of controversy and speculation, Mr. Christ has never revealed his position on abortion. Mr. Christ, according to many authorities, is expected to oppose the death penalty in all forms. Michael Steele, the head of the GOP national committee, issued a statement: "Christ is a complete mystery to us. He won't reveal His physical appearance and many of His positions are unknown or the subject of speculation. He is a stealth candidate.
Why won't He reveal himself? Who does He think He is?"

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Are progressives in a struggle while conservatives are covertly backing a war?

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Are progressives in a struggle while conservatives are covertly backing a war?

You're paranoid.

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I don't want some pooty taking away my rant.

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I think we should go toe to toe.

2 votes

Nukes.

1 vote

Ninja candidates.

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Democrats uber alles.

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Republicans uber alles.

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There is no such thing as a conservative.

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Democrats need to be be careful, cautious, prudent even timid.

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Too many damn questions.

5 votes

Seriously

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Tuesday April 13, 2010 · 9:00 AM PDT

2010/04/13 · 09:00

Sex, untold fortunes of money, Liberal achievement, ill gotten gains, thank you for this idea, scoundrels, vote for (your candidate here), I agree with you, but.., Kos, Dante Atkins, Angry mouse, Devil's Tower, mcjoan.
Just a few words and names that get a lot of comments on DKos and my way of opening up the right side of the brain and getting some progressive, Liberal, Left Wing, attention to my opinion that is derived from reading the DKos as my primary dependable news source.   By the way, I fully agree with and support the direction and rationale behind DKos.  

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What is the primary thing that the Left can do en-masse?

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What is the primary thing that the Left can do en-masse?

Elect Democrats from school boards to POTUS.

7 votes

Bask in our dazzling brilliance.

1 vote

Shame and humiliate conservatives.

4 votes

Prominently display our righteous anger.

1 vote

Enact public financing of elections.

8 votes

Invent awesome bumper stickers.

1 vote

Enact stupidity laws.

1 vote

IMO, a propaganda war VS. struggling for justice.

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Tuesday April 06, 2010 · 6:19 PM PDT

2010/04/06 · 18:19

I just read Establishing New Posting Standards On Daily Kosby buhdydharma
My opinion is different. I would not highlight politics but WAR and STRUGGLE
It is my opinion that movement conservatives in the US are engaged in war and progressives are involved in a struggle. In this war, they use every legal means possible to annihilate the other side. I am involved in a struggle for human rights and justice. I want them to struggle with that.

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