Midday open thread

• Daily Kos has the second most loyal visitors of any news site on the internet according to Nielsen. Drudge is first.

  Nielson logged 1.2 million unique visitors to Daily Kos in February.

• The way to my heart is by mocking Lou Dobbs.
• MT-Sen: Republicans are funny. And a bit twisted.
• Let's hope Republicans remain this deluded.
• Have you chipped in $10 or whatever you can for our end of Q1 Blue Majority fundraising push? We need to reach 6,500 total contributors by the end of the month, so help get us closer to our goal! We can't get more and better Democrats by sitting on the sidelines.
• Party at this dude's place when we're down in Austin for Netroots Nation!
• Bowers gives us the facts regarding myths the Clinton campaign is peddling about the delegate math. What I think is funny is the Clinton campaign's belief that she can get pledged delegates to switch their votes to her. As we saw in Iowa, Obama's delegates are solid, while she lost one delegate herself. It is her own delegates, increasingly sick and tired of her campaign, that she should worry about.
• Oliver Willis gets even angrier at Clinton's big money donors efforts to blackmail Nancy Pelosi.

  The Democratic party is once again becoming little-d democratic. A party where the rich guys have a say, but so do the regular guys. Speaker Pelosi speaks for us, from Park Avenue to Georgetown to Skid Row to Baltimore to The Lower 9th Ward and beyond.

• Did you know that conservative "scholar" Arthur Brooks is not really a conservative because he's a registered independent? It's true! George Will said so.

  It's Will's job to espouse a conservative viewpoint, and I have no idea whether his column is correct.

  But if Will has to deliberately obscure that his information is coming from a partisan source to make it seem more credible, than that information probably isn't very reliable at all.

  (And yes, for the record, dnA of the blog Too Sense is my new favorite blogger.)

• Obama campaign takes Krugman's advice. A presidency that listens to progressive voices and responds positively? That would be something.
• There was a moment where it seemed that Al Giordano of the The Field would quit his political blogging to go back to his full-time gig at Narco News. Good to see he stuck around thanks to the generous help of his readers.

•  Drudge?

  piffle!

  Rock on Kos!  C'grats.

  by newfie53523 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:09:22 PM PDT

  •  Kos's loyalty rate probably skyrocketed...

    when the "strike" started.

    by Shiborg on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:16:47 PM PDT

    •  I used to check dKos, oh, every hour or so

      before the primary flame wars heated up.  There were always a couple of interesting -- and not necessarily politically-related -- items to read on the "recent diaries" roll, if not on the front page.

      But these days?  I visit Daily Kos maybe once in the morning and a couple of times in the afternoon.  I can't stand the vitriol in most primary diaries, and there aren't enough non-candidate diaries on the site anymore to tempt me to stick around.

      God, I just want a candidate -- either candidate -- to be nominated by the Democratic Party, so we can focus on beating the &*%! out of John McCain.

      by BachFan on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:04:55 PM PDT

      •  .we.are.clinton.

        by Steven R on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:05:57 PM PDT

        •  WTF???

          Do you seriously think that it would be better to continue with the "circular firing squad" that this Democratic primary has become, rather than to settle on a nominee and turn our guns on McCain?

          by BachFan on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:40:29 PM PDT

  •  Now, if all the loyal Kos

    viewers who are ALSO loyal Drudge viewers would just quit Drudge, those numbers would be much tighter.

    I don't believe in keeping tabs on the enemy when that means web hits for Matt Drudge.

    by ablington on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:57:23 PM PDT

  •  Mocking Lou Dobbs, you say?

    Here's "Esteban Colberto" interviewing Lou Dobbs en espanol, con dos chicas.

    by Sharon Jumper on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:07:09 PM PDT

    •  Hillary DID dodge snipers in Bosnia!

      The crack team at Barely Political uncovered the actual footage from her Bosnian trip.

      Words fail me.

      by bex on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 02:53:26 PM PDT

•  The rumors of DKos' demise

  Seem greatly exaggerated.

  by Otis29 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:10:11 PM PDT

  •  The Reco List is dead though..

    The only thing showing up on my end is the header bar that says "Recommended Diaries" and then it simply jumps to the recent diary header & list.

    by Scoopster on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:09:16 PM PDT

    •  I was wondering about that

      I can't see any of the recommended diaries either.  

      by Buckeye BattleCry on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:10:39 PM PDT

      •  How will I know what to think? n/t

        by emmasnacker on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:17:18 PM PDT

        •  ☺

          by Scoopster on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:34:53 PM PDT

          •  ~

            by emmasnacker on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 04:22:13 PM PDT

      •  Try scrolling way, way down ...

        For me, at least, the rec list (and the recent diaries list) aren't pinned to the top of the webpage but instead have somehow migrated to the very bottom.

        by BachFan on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:28:06 PM PDT

    •  Hmm.. seems fixed now. n/t

      by Scoopster on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:16:26 PM PDT

•  Who has the most loyal following

  in all the Internets?  probably something like Al Franken's trademarked hotasianbabes.com.

  by GOTV on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:10:35 PM PDT

•  Message to Nancy Pelosi

  Tell those clintonites to bugger off.  Stand with THE PEOPLE and THE PEOPLE will have your back in spades.

  by Four of Nine on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:10:55 PM PDT

  •  Yeah, like,

    when have we never had Pelosi's "back" around here?

    by GOTV on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:12:01 PM PDT

  •  Do Real Americans say

    "Bugger off?"

    by tithonia on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:13:26 PM PDT

    •  Only the well traveled ones.

      by Four of Nine on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:14:26 PM PDT

    •  I do,

      but I have dual citizenship and became a naturalized American in 1797.

      by gchaucer2 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:31:23 PM PDT

      •  1797? Really? Bloody be damned! n/t

        by drbloodaxe on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:49:56 PM PDT

    •  Born and bred

      in Ohio, and lived here 38/39 yrs.

      And I say bugger off, sod off, bloody hell, and frigging ;)

      by drbloodaxe on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:49:02 PM PDT

      •  Me Too!

        I'm know to fire off the occasional "Bloody Hell!"

        by CityLightsLover on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:17:08 PM PDT

•  US employee

  killed in Green Zone rocket attack

  by Glacial Erratic on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:11:10 PM PDT

  •  The s**t is definately hitting the fan

    in Iraq. It will be interesting to watch McCain defend his beloved Surge in the face of all evidence.

    by beltane on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:15:20 PM PDT

    •  They'll just claim it's because they've

      started drawing down troops, and that if we'd left the surge alone, we would have been fine.

      by drbloodaxe on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:54:15 PM PDT

      •  That D*mned Double Standard

        Things in Iraq are going well, so we can't leave because things will go to Hades in a handbasket; but, when things in Iraq are going sh*tty, we absolutely can't leave then!

        by CityLightsLover on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:18:49 PM PDT

•  I am THE most loyal visitor here

  In fact, I practically live here. Do I win a prize? A trip to the Carribean maybe.

  by beltane on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:11:25 PM PDT

  •  I always say that about you ;-) n/t

    by newfie53523 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:12:16 PM PDT

  •  One free rec, complete with affirmative reply

    Go beltane!  Comment, brother, comment!

    by geomoo on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:46:13 PM PDT

•  How long before Microsoft, Google or Amazon

  tries to buy Big Orange?

  by newfie53523 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:11:32 PM PDT

  •  They hafta

    buy each other first.

    Kos Media, LLC, a division of Microgoogazon, Inc.

    by PerfectStormer on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:04:50 PM PDT

•  Re: Delegates--Hopefully a great turnout in TX

  Convention for Obama will give him a solid "win" there this Saturday.

  Go TX caucus-goers!!!

  by Phil S 33 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:11:34 PM PDT

  •  Hopefully a great turnout in Texas in July

    at Netroots Nation too!

    I'm SO looking forward to it.

    by newfie53523 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:14:54 PM PDT

•  Hasn't McKinnon said he wouldn't work for McCain

  if Obama is the Democratic nominee because he has too much respect for Obama. Is the converse true that he has too little respect for McCain to help him run against a quality candidate? And what does that say about Hillary's candidacy?

  by MagisterLudi on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:12:59 PM PDT

•  I Don't think Obama '08 Took Krugman's Advice

  They're doing a VERY professional job of managing the news cycle these days.  I was just saying to Mrs. SPX last night that they would probably do an economic speech either today (to keep it in the news over the weekend) or Tuesday (to capture next week's cycle) as soon as Hillary's Bosnia lie quit eating up media 02.

  by SteamPunkX on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:13:21 PM PDT

•  Drudge - Prince Harry ousting probably?! n/t

  by RandomGuyFromGermany on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:13:27 PM PDT

•  But wait until THE STRIKE! starts taking effect

  You will feel the awesome power of the Hillarysphere when your site is destroyed!  They will finish what Bill O'Reilly began!  And then rule with their mighty robot army---mu hah hah!

  by bosdcla14 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:13:28 PM PDT

•  wow - Daily KOS ahead of

  CNN, FOX and MSNBC!

  by redstatedemocrat on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:13:34 PM PDT

•  but but but but

  olielly said he killed us

  the "strikers" said they killed us dead!

  the losers at peeders lil' site'o'douchebaggery said we were done

  oh noes

  lotsa dumbasses were wrong!

  by terrypinder on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:13:52 PM PDT

  •  O'Reilly is just stupid

    The "strikers" were mostly trolls anyways

    and I don't know who peeder is.

    by William S on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:03:54 PM PDT

•  For the historical record

  I would like to nominate

  Bush's Folly

  as the record books' name for the Iraq war. It has a great ring to it. Now if we can just get everyone on board. Maybe KO can start using it.

  by lurxst on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:14:11 PM PDT

  •  Not enough alliteration.

    Bush's Buggerup.

    by drbloodaxe on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:53:05 PM PDT

  •  WAR CRIMES

    I'd say the series of WAR CRIMES committed by the deeply fraudulent and criminal cheney/bush REGIME transcends mere folly.

    What's really ironic is that gw bush did to Iraq what Saddam did to Kuwait.  American government at THAT time declared moral outrage at this brazen unprovoked invasion.  

    I suppose it's all a matter of who's ox is being gored, no?

    by Four of Nine on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:56:53 PM PDT

•  dnA of Too Sense

  ROCKS!!!

  I have a blog crush BIG TIME. I actually feel guilty when my husband walks in and I am reading dnA's posts.

  by COwoman on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:14:31 PM PDT

  •  Who can blame you?

    I'm a straight guy and I think I have a crush on the dude. Too Sense is one of my favorite blogs.

    by pylonsound on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:01:31 PM PDT

•  Madison, Wisconsin meetup Sunday, 4PM

  Escape java Joint, 916 Williamson St., in the back room

  by ben masel on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:15:51 PM PDT

•  The immigration "problem"

  will solve itself given the magical powers of the "free" market and capitalism.

  Many initially come here to work and get dollars to send back home.

  As dollars become increasingly less valuable compared to other currencies, this rationale becomes less attractive and fewer will want to come here.

  You see!?!?  The Republicans are genuises and they can solve the immigration problem magically by putting us in debt, devaluing the dollar, and using the "power of capitalism" in this imaginitive way!

  by Judgment at Nuremberg on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:20:20 PM PDT

•  I'd be thrilled to see Krugman

  acknowledge Obama's speech today, but I'm not holding my breath waiting for it.  At least HRC's mentioning Bubbles Greenspan as someone who could help solve the mortgage crisis caused him to have second thoughts about her.

  by RFK Lives on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:21:55 PM PDT

•  OBAMA'S COMING TO MY CITY

  yaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!! I just found out.

  by terrypinder on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:23:18 PM PDT

  •  actually, i knew last night

    but was sworn to secrecy.

    but it was released in the news.

    i'm thinking about going to state college then coming home to see him here. i'm excited!

    by terrypinder on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:53:19 PM PDT

•  I see over at MyDD they are still

  trying to sell us on Hillary Clinton.
  They don't understand that it's no longer about who SHOULD win, but who HAS won.  Obvioulsy most at this site know who SHOULD WIN, but it is irrelevant now.  This should be the KEY point we all make from here until the PA primary:  'The race is over and the longer we go the more deluded the Clinton camp demonstrates themselves to be.'  

  CALL A SUPERDELEGATE!

  by XNeeOhCon on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:23:48 PM PDT

•  Is it just me

  or did this site slow to a crawl?

  by gchaucer2 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:29:58 PM PDT

  •  No---it stopped altogether!!!

    Drudge making sure he stays #1.

    by Phil S 33 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:31:28 PM PDT

    •  Oy.

      I hate being blocked by a moran.

      by gchaucer2 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:32:58 PM PDT

•  but...

  those frontpage mydd.com'ers said dailykos viewership was plunging.

  Who to believe?!?!

  by LieparDestin on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:31:55 PM PDT

  •  The strike

    has been devastating. Devastating, I tell you.

    by tithonia on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:35:39 PM PDT

•  Buckley

  At the office, we got a letter today from Willam F. Buckley Jr. asking us to subscribe to National Review.

  by OLinda on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:32:24 PM PDT

  •  Hopefully they don't know something about you

    that is lurking in your future.....

    Though, I don't think National Review is permitted in Heaven.

    by Phil S 33 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:35:29 PM PDT

•  Kos... re: Sports Nation blogs

  They are doing some major face-lifts to the Sports Nation sites.  I wonder if you still have anything to do with it.  The new look and features semm pretty nice.  Thanks for mentioning those last year or whenever it was (maybe 2 years ago now when you first pointed those out).

  by TheC on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:35:08 PM PDT

•  Does this mean the strike isn't working?

  :-)

  by Joe Beese on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:35:22 PM PDT

  •  Yeah - what happened to that? n/t

    by Shane Hensinger on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:41:49 PM PDT

•  I like that MT-Sen guy

  "...yeah, I wrote a 120-page letter with threats and sexual content to Jodie Foster, but I'm not weird or anything..."

  Jeez, Republicans can't even be original in their fixations!

  by milkbone on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:36:32 PM PDT

•  Has anyone ran

  a contribution match from the donors on 'the letter to Pelosi'  contributions to donations to help Bill Foster? Would like to see if they was any help at all...

  by LieparDestin on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:37:32 PM PDT

•  "Takes Krugman's advice"

  That link appears to be broken, but I'm still interested...

  ...anybody know where else I might find this story?

  by m4gill4 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:37:46 PM PDT

  •  link

    the site it links to looks like they're having problems. Keep trying or try later.

    by OLinda on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:46:20 PM PDT

  •  diary

    This diary looks related - maybe.

    by OLinda on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:50:23 PM PDT

•  Hey check it out!

  Philly Republicans out fundraising.

  

  by Stand Strong on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:39:07 PM PDT

  •  lol

    by terrypinder on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:52:18 PM PDT

•  Log your mileage with other sweaty Kogs at

  Daily Coast.

  by nu on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:39:54 PM PDT

•  Fickle Kossaks

  It wasn't long ago everyone was screeching about supporting Green party member Cindy Sheehan in her quixotic challenge to Pelosi - or demanding Pelosi be primaried because she couldn't halt funding for the war.

  We should all show a little more loyalty and a lot less hyperbole sometimes. Nancy is a good woman on the right side of every single issue.

  by Shane Hensinger on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:41:20 PM PDT

  •  Except impeachment. n/t

    by drbloodaxe on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:58:40 PM PDT

    •  We should impeach Cheney first.

      The only problem with impeachment is that an exact crime is needed to impeach them for.

      by William S on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:07:47 PM PDT

      •  ABA Argued

        That Signing Statements were a basis for impeachment.

        by potownman on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:13:25 PM PDT

•  A 'news' site?

  I mean, really? I like Kos and all but a news site this ain't. A little to slanted to be a news site.

  by CEMan on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:41:23 PM PDT

  •  Erm

    Haven't you noticed how slanted all the other 'news' sites are too?  

    We're less slanted than Fox, at the least ;)

    by drbloodaxe on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:58:07 PM PDT

  •  Kossacks have been brilliant during emergencies

    Remember the liveblogging of the California wildfires last summer?  Although I will grant you that "news" these days is pretty thin on the ground here ... it took forever for anyone to mention the indictment of the Governor of Puerto Rico here on dKos today.

    by BachFan on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:09:23 PM PDT

•  "Drudge is first"

  Wow, talk about good news and bad news.  I'm glad we're second, but it's disappointing that Drudge is first.  And is it a good thing that we're like Drudge, only less so?  And recently I've Drudge referenced as a source here, more than once.  Very confusing.

  by geomoo on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:42:59 PM PDT

  •  Even a stopped clock

    is right twice a day.

    Drudge is occasionally reference-ible.  Just not bloody often.

    by drbloodaxe on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:02:21 PM PDT

•  BREAKING: Martial Law Declared in Baghdad

  http://www.sfgate.com/...

  I'm sure everything will be fine in just a few more Friedman Units.

  This war for oil is getting old.

  by greendem on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:44:34 PM PDT

  •  getting old?

    nah, just getting warmed up.  There are still several countries we haven't occupied yet. And there's only a few months left to get it all done!

    by spotDawa on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:56:20 PM PDT

•  New Zealand Herald has the Hillary

  is not a liar video (the one with all the added special effects ;)  as their 'Webpick of the day' on the Sideswipe column.  (weird news)

  NZ Herald Sideswipe

  by drbloodaxe on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:47:01 PM PDT

•  Party at John Kelso's house?

  I've always enjoyed his writing, and I'd love to see what he can contribute to the Netroots Nation convention.

  by Jensequitur on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:48:58 PM PDT

  •  Think he meant the other guy

    The one who was saying how evil we are.

    When I hear talk of hate and America divided the Daily Kos comes to mind.  This horrible web site allows for the some of the most evil speech that is coming from the Internet today.

    I guess he's never been to LGF, or it's less subtle cousin, Stormfront.

    by Hannibal on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:54:24 PM PDT

•  The Field is a great great blog

  I love Al's meticulous analysis, if there was something as an informed opinion, Giordano's is one.

  by PalGirl2008 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:49:37 PM PDT

  •  Please support Al & keep him writing!

    by Carthage on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:51:10 PM PDT

•  NRO - Obama Campaign "Crashes And Burns"

  Not worth a diary but good for grins and giggles

  The Obama Crash and Burn
  If he acts as if the Wright controversy is behind him, it's over for Obama.

  By Victor Davis Hanson

  The latest polls reflecting Obama’s near-collapse should serve as a morality tale of John Edwards’s two Americas — the political obtuseness of the intellectual elite juxtaposed to the common sense of the working classes.

  For some bizarre reason, Obama aimed his speech at winning praise from National Public Radio, the New York Times, and Harvard, and solidifying an already 90-percent solid African-American base — while apparently insulting the intelligence of everyone else

  .

  by bernardpliers on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:51:36 PM PDT

  •  Hahahaha

    Victor Davis Hanson, the guy who tried to say the Iraq war is just like the American Civil War. It never ceases to amaze me how, at least with conservatives, the more bugfuck stupid and jingoistic you are, the higher the ladder you'll climb.

    by Hannibal on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:57:15 PM PDT

  •  fucking Hanson

    it will NEVER cease to amaze me, to hear these conservative college professors use "intellectual elite" as an insult. Does Hanson really consider himself part of the "working class" and not an intellectual?
    I consider him a bloviating propagandist, and not even a good one.

    by esquimaux on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:17:35 PM PDT

•  "bohemian"??? meh

  That guy should have the rights to that name stripped from him.

  Austin is a pretty cool place with plenty of actual bohemians who deserve the handle.  

  H/T to "El Diablo" - Kos!  The devil we know, I guess, lol.

  So this guy actually believes that if he goes to Netroots Nation and videos Kos, that we would act like Republicans:

  And do you actually believe they would let me record the event? I’m sure I would be tar and feather right out of the joint if I tried that.

  Posted 3/27/2008 11:15:08 AM
  by bohemian

  LOL!

  Um, project much, mr. "conservative bohemian"?  

  by spotDawa on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:55:06 PM PDT

  •  As long as he buys a ticket n/t

    by drbloodaxe on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:03:49 PM PDT

  •  I rest my case.

    Tried to post the essence of this comment on his blog, but he tarred and feathered me right out of the joint!  lol

    by spotDawa on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:11:11 PM PDT

  •  Well if we're spreading so much hate

    Wouldn't we want it broadcast?

    by josh orton on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:40:30 PM PDT

•  Lol, are those really reviews for that

  Spanish language film, or just snark? Either way, that little boy in the movie is cute. :)

  by jj32 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:56:31 PM PDT

•  The "strike" is working!!

  oops!

  by The Dead Man on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 12:56:37 PM PDT

•  Does anyone else...

  have a strange sense of deja vu today?

  by blueyedace2 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:02:24 PM PDT

•  Did anyone hear Hillary's speech in DC yesterday?

  Did you hear her say she would end the war in Iraq AND Afghanistan?  Or was I hearing things?

  by cscmm on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:03:59 PM PDT

•  Kos and Drudge!

  "Daily Kos has the second most loyal visitors of any news site on the internet according to Nielsen. Drudge is first."

  Wow! What great company! ;-)

  Waiting for the deadlocked Democratic convention to turn to...Kucinich!

  by elishastephens on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:07:21 PM PDT

•  Sending this out to Josh in Montana

  It's R. Dean Taylor with Indiana Wants Me.

  by Elwood Dowd on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:08:19 PM PDT

•  can't see the rec list

  You too?

  by bumblebums on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:08:39 PM PDT

  •  I just got up and noticed no rec list

    First thought that went through my head: oh crap! Who did I piss off?

    But then I got some caffeine in me an remembered that this has happened before. Poor ct...it seems like there's always something giving him a headache.

    "They're all crazy. They're all crazy except you and me. Sometimes I have me doubts about you." -- Garrett Fort

    by Spathiphyllum on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:14:37 PM PDT

  •  Yep, me too.

    Figured it was a problem with my browswe until your comment.

    by Indexer on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:17:02 PM PDT

•  Hillary pay attention to this video clip please.

  Please take notes!

  by tnichlsn on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:08:55 PM PDT

•  Hmmm

  Anything to the story about McDermott, Bonior and Thompson's trip to Iraq in 2002?  

  I don't think I've seen anything posted here on it yet.

  by 17People on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:09:12 PM PDT

  •  From today's Seattle Times

    Prosecutors say that trip was arranged by Muthanna Al-Hanooti, a Michigan charity official, who was charged Wednesday with setting up the junket at the behest of Saddam's regime. Iraqi intelligence officials allegedly paid for the trip through an intermediary and rewarded Al-Hanooti with 2 million barrels of Iraqi oil.

    The lawmakers are not named in the indictment but the dates correspond to a trip by Democratic Reps. McDermott of Seattle, David Bonior of Michigan and Mike Thompson of California. None was charged and Justice Department spokesman Dean Boyd said investigators "have no information whatsoever" any of them knew the trip was underwritten by Saddam.

    I think this was the trip where McDermott said he believed that Bush would lie about the WMD. I sometimes hate how Dems are almost always right.

    by Many Dogs Barking on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:28:14 PM PDT

•  Recc'd Gone!

  Can we put the Recommended Diaries back please?

  I'm starting to jones a little...

  by Bluesee on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:09:58 PM PDT

•  whats going on?

  I can't see the recommended diaries on the main page

  by notquitedelilah on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:10:47 PM PDT

  •  me too

    ut oh

    by indyada on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:13:48 PM PDT

    •  nevermind

      it's back

      by indyada on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:17:16 PM PDT

      •  I went to look.

        Now no diary list at all! I guess our dear ct is working on it!
        Talk about a major Jones though. Luckily, I still have the main page open in a tab.

        by emmasnacker on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:26:54 PM PDT

  •  The rec list might be lurking at the bottom

    of the main page, instead of being pinned to the top ... try scrolling all the way down the main page (or I guess Ctrl-End would work in Internet Explorer).

    by BachFan on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:31:51 PM PDT

•  Gore-Obama - A Little "Lady's" Dream

  I "tower" at 5'2" hence the "little" addition.

  Yea, I know; I'm not going to allow my heart to palpitate too much over this possibility, but wouldn't the irony of this be simply faboo? What a way to "stick a fork into" Senator Clinton's campaign! Check this out from Huffington Post:

  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

  by CityLightsLover on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:15:24 PM PDT

  •  60 Minutes on Sunday... n/t

    by blueyedace2 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:27:55 PM PDT

    •  I'm Sorry,

      but what are you talking about? Is either VP Gore or Senator Obama going to be on 60 Minutes on Sunday? I think that's probably on at the same time as Countdown's 5-year special on Sunday. If so, sorry, Keith Olbermann wins every time!

      by CityLightsLover on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:34:37 PM PDT

•  Here we are running around the world

  accusing other nations of lax security for their nukes and we're having trouble keeping tabs on our own. Let's hope the 'terrorists' haven't been shopping under George's nose domestically.

  by tnichlsn on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:15:42 PM PDT

•  DoD contracts for me and my masseuse

  « previous | MUCK HOME
  Waxman Scheds Hearing for Twenty-Something Arms Contractor
  By Paul Kiel - March 27, 2008, 2:47PM

  Dude! It's time to testify before Congress!

  House sleuth Henry Waxman (D-CA) read the news today, oh boy. And he wants 22 year-old AEY President Efraim Diveroli, his 25 year-old VP (and masseur) David Packouz, and the company's general manager, also 25, to testify before Congress about how they managed to get a $300 million U.S. contract to supply (sometimes forty year-old) ammunition to the Afghan Army, among other contracts. Waxman also wants officials from the Department of Defense and Department of State to appear as well. He's set the date of April 17th.

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  go here for the links:
  http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmem...

  And here, drum roll, is the screamer of a NYT story that tells the tale. (Bravo NYT for great reporting)
  http://www.nytimes.com/...

  by skywriter on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:22:05 PM PDT

•  Conservatives

  Oh, it happened to the best of us. Eventually, the neo-con and/or psychotic talk radio con scream repeatedly the official dogma and anyone who deviates from that in any way is 'not a "real" conservative.' Take it as a compliment.

  So far, the criteria I've identified for being a "real" conservative is:

  1. Confession that Iraq was the bestest thing we've ever done.

  2. A willingness to give a hummer to Petraeus, you know, if there wasn't that DADT policy.

  3. Must wrap self frequently in flag or flag memorabilia to prove your love for America

  4. Must be able to profess adoration for the Constituton and strict constructionism, yet be able to use sophistic arguments to imply that the language doesn't really mean what it says.

  5. Must never object to the policies in Iraq, because debate should have happened  before the war and if a policy is not working, we shouldn't say it's not working because that would embolden terrorists. Instead, we'll just keep doing what's not working while repeating the mantra that everything's fine.

  6. Must profess a devotion to ideas of small, limited government and less spending all the while running up debt, massively expanded budgets, and being okay with starting major new entitlements and accuing vast unaccountable power.

  7. Must say that 'Government is the problem' quote from Reagan one moment and 'Trust us, we're the government' the next with a straight face.

  8. Secret sexual perversion or fiscal corruption a plus.

  9. Any criticism of George Bush is blasphemy of the highest order.

  10. Must register and vote GOP every time regardless of candidate, the recent history of hypocrisy, incompetence, corruption, and bankrupting of the country.

  by Dread972 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:31:02 PM PDT

•  Weird video - creepy:

  Hello, Internet.

  We are Clinton.

  by Nonie3234 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:33:48 PM PDT

•  Do you really want to be compared to Drudge?

  The stats don't say that Drudge or DKos get viewed the most; far from it.  The article says that these are the sites visited by the same people over and over during the day.  I don't know if Drudge's auto-refresh makes a difference in the stats.  In any event, Daily Kos is becoming less an exchange of ideas than an Echo Chamber.

  I check into DKos several times a day, if I have time, but it's use as links to useful news has been limited of late.  Between the anti-Hillary rants and the anti-Israel slant, the site has fallen on hard times.

  Conservatives are defined by who they hate.  Liberals are defined by who they love.  DKos may be trying to brand itself as "progressive", but it increasingly sounds just like the right-wing blogosphere.

  Okay, I'll get off my soapbox now.

  by Baron Dave on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 01:35:40 PM PDT

•  Whew, party at my house too

  I'll be living in Austin by the time Net Roots is held, and I'll be sitting on a panel to discuss milblogging. Eek.

  by ThisDudesArmy on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:19:05 PM PDT

•  re: bohemian

  I've been thinking it would be fun to pick a date when NN is on and write to thank him for the happy hour invite     hmmmmmm?   or maybe open bar meeting?

  by maybeeso in michigan on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:55:07 PM PDT

•  Here's why she thinks delegates will switch:

  Because by putting the perception out there that pledged delegates "can switch", she's creating confusion in the minds of voters and the media. "Oh, she's right, they can switch, this thing isn't locked up after all," they (voters) mindlessly think and they (media) mindlessly repeat.

  She's simply adding to the meme that she's not done yet.

  Everything she says at this point should be viewed in that light, and failure to do so only adds to the confusion she is trying to create.

  by KFlake on Fri Mar 28, 2008 at 01:07:01 AM PDT