I Am The 41%

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Wednesday November 07, 2012 · 10:41 PM PST

2012/11/07 · 22:41

So the exit polls say that Mitt Romney won the white vote by a margin of 59-41. So say the New York Times. While Fox Noise freaks that this is the worst...thing...ever because Mittens still lost the election I'd like to tell the other side of that story.

I am the 41%, and damn proud of it.

To the fold!

wheelimus

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Thursday February 03, 2011 · 12:38 PM PST

2011/02/03 · 12:38

One year ago two staples of the Transformers (you know, the Hasbro toys that turn from cars into robots...though that's REALLY simplifying) fandom (The Allspark and TFWiki) came together to raise $2,340 for the Hasbro Childrens Hospital. Funnily enough on accident but I'll spare the details. You can see them here. After the fold I'd like to tell you about our efforts to double that to 5K this year!

wheelimus

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Monday June 14, 2010 · 8:54 AM PDT

2010/06/14 · 08:54

I wanted to touch on a bit of news today that most of you would probably not see or care about if you did. But which I think is a direct result of Linda McMahon's doomed and comical run for the US Senate. Friday evening one of the greatest workers in his profession lost his job so that Linda doesn't have to answer one more uncomfortable question. I'm speaking of "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson. And after the fold, I'll tell you why it isn't right that he is unemployed today.

wheelimus

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Friday March 19, 2010 · 10:23 AM PDT

2010/03/19 · 10:23

"They said it was a pre-existing condition?"

That is what I recently exclaimed, in complete shock, to my wife of ten years. She had just told me that a friend of hers at work had recently been to the hospital with what turned out to be gallbladder problems. To the very same hospital that they work cleaning free of the unthinkable messes and disease that comes in on a daily basis. She later found out that their insurance company, Southern Indiana Health Organization (SIHO) refused to pay her hospital bill because her problem was "a pre-existing condition."

That was the day that this health care reform fight finally hit close to home, and I knew more than ever that I was right. Reform must pass, and it must pass now. When your gallbladder gives out, it should never be a pre-existing condition.

More depravity after the fold.

wheelimus

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Tuesday December 15, 2009 · 10:50 AM PST

2009/12/15 · 10:50

Feel free to start the video below playing, there's nothing to be seen other than the cover to Velvet Undergrounds essential masterpiece "Loaded", but I think the song is a great title for a thread and a great soundtrack to what's to follow

With your musical needs met, lets get over the fold and to the diary!

wheelimus

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Wednesday November 11, 2009 · 8:06 AM PST

2009/11/11 · 08:06

We all remember the cold dark days that brought us Justices Roberts and Alito and all of President Bush's other judicial nominations. When we were cautioned against filibustering the travesties because of the Republican threat of the "nuclear option." In that they would change the rule for cloture from 60 to just 51.

We were all warned that we HAD to keep our powder dry. That we simply could not call the Republicans on this bluff because we had to save the fight for another day

Perhaps now, while we watch obstructionists attempt to destroy the most essential reform of our lifetimes for political gain, that time has come. Perhaps it's time to light some fires and blow some s*** up. Perhaps it's time to go nuclear.

To the fold!

wheelimus

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Thursday November 05, 2009 · 9:49 AM PST

2009/11/05 · 09:49

So I'm sure that a lot of you have been getting a chuckle out of the awe inspiring ten thousand some odd wingers protesting in the capital right now. Trying to hard to work against their own self interests to serve a political party. You can see one of a hundred articles on it here.

Well, I'm not going to spend too much time on them. The jokes write themselves and it winds up being a little sad. What I'm going to focus on, and you probably know this from the diary title, is the wonderful chant of "Palin/Bachmann 2012". I may be a dirty hippie liberal, but THAT is change I can get behind!

To the fold

wheelimus

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Thursday October 29, 2009 · 6:40 AM PDT

2009/10/29 · 06:40

I've been fixated on this for a few days and taking a bit of heat at my other favorite place to talk politics that is a little more "fair and balanced" because my reaction is basically "we're up 12 to 1? Maybe we need LESS troops."

Lets talk about it over some coffee. And the fold

wheelimus

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Wednesday October 28, 2009 · 6:44 AM PDT

2009/10/28 · 06:44

I'm with most of you I'd assume in that I feel like Joe Lieberman should have been kicked out of the caucus a long time ago. But, damn it, we as a party and a majority have no backbone if his gavels are not ripped from his hands once he makes history by filibustering with the opposition

To the fold!

wheelimus

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Tuesday October 27, 2009 · 7:47 AM PDT

2009/10/27 · 07:47

I'm not here to get into the fight about whether Reid is right or wrong to go with his watered down public option. It'd be preaching to the choir. I'm with you guys, I wanted single payer and a complete robust public option should have BEEN the compromise. Instead we began the game from a position of weakness and we're now staring down at the fruit. So if you want to fight that the Reid compromise is too much, have fun but it's probably best used in another diary.

I'm here to argue that maybe, just maybe, the opt out Public Option will be the perfect poison pill to destroy our opposition in the South. To hear my inane ramblings, to the fold!

wheelimus

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Thursday October 01, 2009 · 8:00 AM PDT

2009/10/01 · 08:00

I'm usually not one to ever bring up dreams I have. Mainly because I rarely have dreams. Never have. In fact, I spend more time not being able to sleep than I do dreaming. Damn insomnia.

However, last night I actually did have a good dream. And for once, I think I'll share. Learn how Super Wheels solved the health care crisis, if only in a dream, after the fold.

wheelimus

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Wednesday September 30, 2009 · 10:19 AM PDT

2009/09/30 · 10:19

This weekend, while trying to distract myself I'll be seeing the new Woody Harrelson flick "Zombieland." Distract myself from what? Well, the fact that "Yes We Can" has been flipped upside down during the health care fight. The fact that we're still embroiled in multiple fronts of an unwinnable war against a tactic. And so on. But before the fun begins, I thought I'd borrow a tag-line from the (hopefully) US response to Shaun of the Dead. And that is, Democratic leaders...please nut up or shut up. As in, show some real leadership on health care reform...or move aside and admit failure.

More ranting after the fold.

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