Don't Pillory Hillary

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Thursday March 13, 2008 · 8:47 PM PDT

2008/03/13 · 20:47

This will be cross-posted on my blog, wantsomewood.blogspot.com.

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Saturday November 03, 2007 · 2:12 PM PDT

2007/11/03 · 14:12

After the criticism of David Sirota's statements about his hometown that I wrote on this blog (and cross-posted at Daily Kos), one commenter said that there were other, more important critiques of Sirota that one could make. I agree, which is why I am writing this now. (I've also cross-posted it on my blog, wantsomewood.blogspot.com)

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Monday June 11, 2007 · 7:17 PM PDT

2007/06/11 · 19:17

This was already posted on my blog, http://wantsomewood.blogspot.com

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Monday March 19, 2007 · 4:47 PM PDT

2007/03/19 · 16:47

This will be cross-posted on my blog, wantsomewood.blogspot.com.

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Thursday December 21, 2006 · 3:36 AM PST

2006/12/21 · 03:36

( Cross-posted on my blog, wantsomewood.blogspot.com )

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Friday November 17, 2006 · 2:58 PM PST

2006/11/17 · 14:58

This was cross-posted on my blog, wantsomewood.blogspot.com. Read More

I love my country and participate in its government

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Friday September 01, 2006 · 3:10 PM PDT

2006/09/01 · 15:10

This was posted recently on my own blog, Wantsomewood.blogspot.com (sorry to keep relentlessly flogging my own blog, but I am trying to drum up some readership for it). Read More

The Sad Fate of Turn Left

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Monday August 07, 2006 · 11:11 AM PDT

2006/08/07 · 11:11

( This will be cross-posted on my blog, http://wantsomewood.blogspot.com ) When I first began surfing the internet regularly, about ten years ago, one of the first sites I discovered was Turnleft.com. It was a terrific site that rightly called itself "The Home for Liberalism on the Web." It had lists of liberal accomplishments (and there were many to list, of course), other defenses of liberalism as an ideology, and links to the web sites of people who considered themselves liberal. Best of all, it had a feature called "Liberal Places," in which users debated what the best (and worst) cities, towns, and counties were for liberals to live.

Now, I weep when I type turnleft.com into my computer, because Mike Silverman--the man who used to run Turn Left--forwards the old domain name to his new blog. And while it can be an entertaining read, Mike's new blog, Red Letter Day, isn't quite the citadel of liberalism his old place was. (More after the fold) Read More

Way to go, Bob Menendez

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Sunday July 09, 2006 · 8:10 PM PDT

2006/07/09 · 20:10

(This is cross-posted on my blog, wantsomewood.blogspot.com) One of the worst prejudices in America is hatred of cities and urban areas. It's a common attitude that dovetails all too well with other bigotries, such as racism and homophobia. The Republican party never fails to take advantage of anti-urban prejudice, casting most or all cities as totally failed and immoral, and Democrats as failures for being associated with cities. This is something I hope to discuss a lot more in the future on this blog.

For now, however, I want to highlight a courageous elected official, Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), for being one of the few politicians to stare down this prejudice head-on. Read More

Kos is wrong about liberal Democrats

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Friday June 30, 2006 · 10:33 PM PDT

2006/06/30 · 22:33

This will be cross-posted on my blog, wantsomewood.blogspot.com.

In the almost-two-years that I have been reading and posting to DailyKos, I have come to really like the site, especially "Cheers and Jeers," which always cheers me up (pun intended) on a hard day. I have nevertheless had my share of differences with the site's founder, Markos Moulitsas Zuniga (also known as Kos). Most glaringly, I dislike his angry dismissal of Democratic leaders he doesn't like or with whom he disagrees, combined with his near-hagiography of a small group of politicians, such as Howard Dean and Brian Schweitzer. (More below) Read More

Just how bad is the Cato Institute?

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Sunday June 11, 2006 · 8:01 PM PDT

2006/06/11 · 20:01

(This will be cross-posted on my blog, Wantsomewood.blogspot.com.)

Last week, Kos proposed a political alliance with libertarians, made possible by changing Democratic positions and rhetoric to accommodate libertarian views. A Cato Institute hack responded with a blog posting that, for some reason, was all the rage here at DailyKos, even though it did little to actually respond to Kos's suggestion (Kos wanted libertarians and liberals to find some middle to meet in, while the Cato writer essentially demanded that liberals give up liberalism in exchange for some political support). I rightly criticized Cato for this, and for their long history of illiberal ideas, and was told that I was attacking a "straw man."

I wrote this diary to prove that I am not attacking any "straw men." The Cato Institute has been an enemy of liberalism since the day it was founded. To prove it, one need only look at their own words, which are, of course, easily accessed on their web site.
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My letter to my Senators about Iran

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Friday June 02, 2006 · 3:24 AM PDT

2006/06/02 · 03:24

This will be cross-posted on my blog, Want Some Wood (wantsomewood.blogspot.com).

By the way, I know that this is a more hawkish stance on Iran than is accepted by some DailyKos users, but I have to be true to what I believe. In any event, if you actually read it, I think you'll find it comes down more on the dove side of things.

Also, as I write this, I'm glad to see that the most recent news on the negotiations front is good. Read More

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Don't Pillory Hillary

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No, Bush is not Harry Truman

I've Had It With This "Moderate" Advice

I love my country and participate in its government

The Sad Fate of Turn Left

Way to go, Bob Menendez

Kos is wrong about liberal Democrats

Just how bad is the Cato Institute?

My letter to my Senators about Iran