ITS A TRAP

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Wednesday September 10, 2008 · 2:59 PM PDT

2008/09/10 · 14:59

I read about people shocked, yes shocked that they would lie. Most people are shocked that McCain is lying to this degree. Have you all learned nothing from 8 years of Bush lying? The "lie" is the plan, its all they have. Its ridiculous and idiotic to think they would tell the truth, if they do they lose. They lied about WMD, they are the people who brought us Abramoff and scandal after scandal. Their party is rotten and stinking on the inside and the outside. And the Alaska GOP makes the Louisiana Dems look like boyscouts, their corruption is epic, and that is the source of their new zing. Their campaign is being run by powerful lobbyists. Of course they lie.

This is a trap though.

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Sunday September 07, 2008 · 9:58 PM PDT

2008/09/07 · 21:58

Maybe its just me, but I read something completely different into the RNC than most people did. Lots of people on this web page and others repeated over and over what garbage that convention was and how badly McCain did. Then suddenly McCain takes a lead in the polls and people are freaking out.

I think most people have missed the boat on what happened and are a bit shocked to be tied. They just can't believe that McCain is ahead in some polls. "His speach was terrible and devoid of facts". So now they are flipping out, writing some of the wackiest walls of text I have seen in a while. Its turning into a freak show as people try to rationalize what is going on.

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Tuesday April 29, 2008 · 7:28 AM PDT

2008/04/29 · 07:28

Up until now I have pretty much stayed out of this fight, hoping it would die down. In the beginning I was agnostic to whether Obama or Hillary were better, but over time I have made a giant leap towards Obama. I believe he has the votes and deserves to be the nominee, and he will be the nominee if our party values fairness. I would like to state that I think Hillary is qualified to be President and I would probably vote for her if she were the nominee. But the more I see of her in action, the angrier and upset I get. My vote would be a vote with severe reservations. I don't think getting 51%, any way she can, at the nominating convention is a winning strategy. And as time goes on I find myself getting more and more uneasy with what is going on. I feel like permanent damage is being done internally to the Democratic Party. In the long run, that is what I care about. I feel like we are the best hope for America to get out of this mess we are in. This isn't about Hillary or Obama, this is about what is best for America.

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Tuesday April 10, 2007 · 12:28 PM PDT

2007/04/10 · 12:28

How many times have we gotten ourselves in the crosshairs of a well planned Republican ambush? It happens all the time. All too often, they way out is a well planned surrender ceremony, usually signed on the White House lawn with some new bill screwing Democratic Constituents.

There is another way.

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Monday April 02, 2007 · 1:08 PM PDT

2007/04/02 · 13:08

I have learned a number of lessons from the GOP that are very effective political tools. Ideas like "always shoot the messanger", "blame everyone else for your own mistakes", "attack their strengths and let their weaknesses drag them down", and I could go on and on with the things they have done that have been effective to hurt Democrats. They have been very effective at defining issues on their terms and crippling the left. I look at all of this trash and I think to myself, how is it possible to roll this all into a single bundle, and turn it back on them. I began to think, what do virtually all Republicans have in common that is open to attack? What epitomizes the entire Republican party at a core level. The key narrative to the Republican Party, the touchstone that unites them is Reaganism. They all invoke Reagan.

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Saturday January 20, 2007 · 9:43 PM PST

2007/01/20 · 21:43

Following up on a Think Progress article showing a pathetic net profile for the GOP slate of candidates, I had the idea, if they have a low net profile, they are vulnerable to Google bombing and likely have not registered some prominent misspelling of their names. Have you ever wanted to make the life of a campaign a blanch with fear as they realize traffic due to misspellings is directing people to websites that will tell the real story about these candidates. Well now is your chance. You can own your own GOP candidate domain. All you have to do is rent them and put up a good web page.

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Best Strategy for a Google bomb project

18 votes Vote Now!

Best Strategy for a Google bomb project

1. You could like to a Dem source on the candidate.

3 votes

2. You could make a satirical web page that looks like the candidates web page.

7 votes

3. You could make a horrible and foul attack page.

1 vote

4. You could link to porn.

2 votes

5. You could put a message up like "dracula hacker clan owns you newbie" and put a nice big anarchy symbol and leave the rest blank.

0 votes

6. You could put up a treatise as to why Republicans can't spell, and question their intelligence.

5 votes

Oil Prices Falling Due to Speculation Bubble

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Wednesday January 17, 2007 · 11:13 AM PST

2007/01/17 · 11:13

If you look at the price of oil, it has only gone down. In the past 6 months it has gone from the low $50's and is headed straight for the cellar, presently on a downward slide toward $32 a barrel. The last two weeks in particular have been devastating.
***update***
when I say "$32 a barrel", that is the worst case scenario of a price collapse.

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24 votes Show Results

How hould the US take moves to control the price of oil?

24 votes Vote Now!

How hould the US take moves to control the price of oil?

look for price stability based on supply and demand - create a board like the Fed. Reserve

4 votes

minimize the price of oil by manipulating the supply - probably run by the Exec. Branch

1 vote

maximize the price of oil via taxes to whatever the market will carry, manipulate demand - incentivize alternative energy

19 votes

Axis of Death Within Iraq

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Monday January 15, 2007 · 3:24 PM PST

2007/01/15 · 15:24

Following up on the recent McClatchy Article on the Bush distortion of what is really going on in Iraq. One of the problems within Iraq is that broad assertions about the nature of the conflict have been made by the Bush administration that have proven to be false, or have lead to strategic errors.

If we have made strategic errors, we must also accept that we have either had poor intelligence, or our assumptions about the nature of the Iraq conflict have been wrong. I tend to believe that it is our view of Iraq that has been wrong and has caused us so much grief. If we accept we have made a strategic error we must also accept the logical consequence that the error was an integral part of our thinking.

According to the McClatchy article, a pattern of malformed assumptions continues, and it likely follows that further strategic errors will follow those assumptions:

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how many sub-conflicts are there in the war in Iraq

11 votes Vote Now!

how many sub-conflicts are there in the war in Iraq

1 (example Shiite vs. Sunni equals 1)

0 votes

2 (example Shiite vs. Sunni and Sunni vs. USA equals 2)

0 votes

1 vote

0 votes

more sub-conflicts than I have fingers

8 votes

Does Bush Need Psychiatric Exam

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Wednesday January 03, 2007 · 9:01 AM PST

2007/01/03 · 09:01

I am not a psychiatrist, but it seems to me that Bush is exhibiting a lot of strange behavior lately. He seems out of it, distant, and unable to cope with the reality of what Iraq has become like. At what point do we need to ask if this guy is in fact, loony toons crazy. Do we literally have a madman in charge at the White House.

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58 votes Show Results

What is your vote for Bush's mania

58 votes Vote Now!

What is your vote for Bush's mania

Bipolar Disorder

1 vote

Anxiety Disorder

0 votes

Borderline psychotic with delusions

18 votes

Borderline psychotic with paranoia

7 votes

Borderline psychotic with "thought disorders"

14 votes

other

18 votes

Blasphemy Challenge Done in Poor Taste

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Thursday December 21, 2006 · 3:21 PM PST

2006/12/21 · 15:21

I consider myself a liberal, but I don't understand the need of some people to antagonize people of faith. The Blasphemy Challenge is just such an example.
***update*** (sorry about broken link)
link to video

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Wednesday November 15, 2006 · 1:58 PM PST

2006/11/15 · 13:58

A lot has been made of the upcoming leadership battle taking place between Steny Hoyer and Jack Murtha. I think it it is shaping up to be a defining moment for Nancy Pelosi. What is interesting is how this fight is taking place within the blogosphere. It seems that people are starting to pick sides in this fight, and not in the usual way. The level of certitude and the lack of debate is interesting. Usually in this kind of fight there is a back and forth, but in certain outlets, it seems that time is over. Certain realms of the blogosphere are becoming outlets for various tribal interests in the Democratic party. Read More

Where is Dick Cheney?

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Thursday November 09, 2006 · 11:59 PM PST

2006/11/09 · 23:59

Now I know we have all heard the story the GOP is trying to foist on the Dems about Nancy Pelosi, trying to claim that she is an embarrasment and people don't want to be seen with her, so she has been in hiding. I have a better question, where is Dick Cheney?

It seems that the shoe is on the other foot right now. The people have spoken on who they believe the real extremists are, they are the Republicans and that they don't like them any more. In spite of all the structural advantages they have enjoyed, they were demolished on Tuesday. Cheney is even more radioactive than Bush, and is part of the reason for that distrust of the GOP. Now that the election is over, it seems that Cheney is nowhere to be found. Read More

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