I love the beautiful music of song birds. I have at times felt something close to a transcendent joy listening to birds chirping and singing. I would rather hear birds chirping than people bickering.

Though a relatively recent study has suggested that song birds living in urban area's are under stress.

 I was wondering how HR 5353 (Internet Freedom Preservation Act) is doing? The bill introduced by Congressman Edward Markey that would

assure consumers, content providers, and high tech innovators that the historic, open architecture nature of the Internet will be preserved and fostered.  H.R. 5353 is designed to assess and promote Internet freedom for consumers and content providers.  Internet freedom generally embodies the notion that consumers and content providers should be free to send, receive, access and use the lawful applications, content, and services of their choice on broadband networks, possess the effective right to attach and use non-harmful devices to use in conjunction with their broadband services, and that content providers not be subjected to unreasonably discriminatory practices by broadband network providers

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This important piece of legislation has only 14 co-sponsors? The congress bent over backwards for the telecom companies on FISA, will the congress bend over backwards for net neutrality?

I'm a socialist. Bernie Sanders and Eugene Debs are my two political hero's. After the failings of our current corporate capitalist state I believe we would be better off with some friendly humane democratic socialism. But who am I kidding?
As much as I admire Obama for being a nuanced moderate liberal- any sensible person should realize Obama is no socialist. But we live in an age where the word sensible is not very applicable to our political discourse.

And so perhaps to satisfy the Republican base which wants to portray Obama as some sort of radical leftist, John McCain suggests Obama with his "extreme" voting record might actually be a socialist. (As if socialist was some dirty word.)

Peter Goldmark (a Kossack) was one of my favorite netroots candidate back in 06. You can read Teacherken's 2006 personal diary about Goldmark here.

Peter and I began as freshmen living in adjacent rooms on the 2nd Floor North of Barclay Hall at Haverford College.  That was September of 1963.  Peter is quite bright, having achieved a Ph. D. in Microbiology in 4 years at Cal Berkeley.  But he grew up in rural Eastern Washington, and has never lost his connections with the rural area and agriculture.   This is not his first run for public office, having been elected to his local school board.   And as you will read in the material below, he has statewide service in agriculture and in higher education.

Human beings can be destructive in the pursuit of profits or commercial activity. Certain forms of capitalism has no vision of the sustainable and has a nasty habit of exploitation of resources.

 Overfishing is one example.

Professor of Marine Conservation at the University of York Callum Roberts stated

Overfishing is destabilizing the marine environment, contributing to the spread of anoxic dead zones and the increasing prevalence of toxic algal blooms, for example. Nature's power to bounce back after catastrophes or absorb the battery of stresses humanity is subjecting it to is being eroded, collapsed fishery after collapsed fishery, species by species, place by place.

Once upon a time in the land of Daily Kos Russ Feingold was the choice of Kossacks for President.

Needless to say I reckon Russ is still pretty popular around here.

Some Feingold in the news ...

Not my words, but Congressman (D) Raul Grijalva of Arizona.

The reason why?

Well, like many other issues the Democratic leadership is afraid of making any bold stands on any issue. In this case it is immigration.

(Take the poll below please! The rest is just filler.)

Beside Merle Haggard or Two Quarters I wonder how many cool musicians or bands are supporting Hillary Clinton? Hmmm.

Obama has gotten a good amount of support from musicians.
For example Obama has gotten the support or endorsements from The Grateful Dead, Jeff Tweedy (Wilco), Bright Eyes, - Joanna Newsom, and even punk and hardcore bands have endorsed Obama.  http://profile.myspace.com/...

  I am not known for having astute perception.

It goes with saying a lot of people on Daily Kos like and respect George W. Bush. I do not understood the appeal. I have never been on the Bush bandwagon, no I don't need to put photos of him underneath my pillow at night. I might get some slack for saying this but Bush does not make my personal hero list I keep on me at all times.

Who are my three hero's you don't ask?

Well, my hero's are well known and are beloved by many many here. In fact after Bush they are perhaps the most revered figures at Daily Kos, more so than Al Gore, Barack Obama, Howard Dean, or Russ Feingold.

 I'm not a very serious person. There is hardly a day in my life in which I don't watch or think about the slapstick of Harold Llyod, Fatty Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, or Charlie Chaplin. If there wasn't comedy in this bleak violent world how could we go on?

But the gun violence in this country has me concerned, sad, angered. It seems like every week there are new cases of violence that shocks the community. Writing this there is a blur in my head of all the shootings. A hospital in Georgia, a City Hall in Missouri, a Wendy's in Florida, a college in Illinois, another local shooting on the city's mean streets. I was going to provide links but the stories are already known.

It's time to send a message to the Democratic Party. No longer will we donate to candidates just because they are Democrats.

There is a man who we can help to win the White House. He is a true American hero, he has what it takes to be the next President.
Come join me in this historic once in every 4 year opportunity to make a stand for democracy!

Man oh Man.
Man on Man.
   I love day dreaming about driving a bitchin' camaro while I day dream about Obama picking his Vice Presidential candidate.
 
He could pick a woman, a Governor, a General, a Senator, a hispanic, a former VP, or a time traveling teenager? Who knows? (except the time traveling teenager)

But I like to think Obama on a sunny Howard Dean Spring day, would pick his candidate much like someone would pick out a balloon.

I love Russ Feingold.
He is my favorite Sen.
Good on the issues,
with a great intellect and moral conscience.

I am ardently opposed to what is called 'free trade'. Russ Feingold is a Democrat who understands the corrupt corporate culture of the past generation has undermined the middle and working class and the environment.

(I already diaried this) (just skip over the diary and vote below!)

I meant to write this diary several weeks ago but I jammed my toe and had a time-travel problem.

'Silly season' is a popular phrase now. I wonder who was the first person to use the phrase? Was it Nimbcon Pooper, who back in 1854 suggested we add a season in between spring and summer and call it Summering? I don't know. Listen folks, I am an underemployed pit head not a historian. Sorry. So please stop throwing zombie heads at my aura.

 (cont.) But for whatever reason known only to the unknown, I love silliness, for example I really like Madlibs. I feel 'silly season' whatever its biological origins--- gives me free pass to appreciate and even be banefully silly if not down right stupid.

I meant to write this diary several weeks ago but I had a time-travel problem. Excuse me while I talk to myself. Maybe I should delete this. Ha, Ha ha did you read that? You didn't have to I was talking to myself.

Politics is frustrating work, a lot of tension. Sex relieves tension. Politics and sex go hand in hand.

Look at all these political scandals through out our history.

I always thought there was something subversive about monsters. They live outside of our social norms and our expectations of reality. Monsters represent potent mythical and archetypal representation of the dark corridors and dimensions of our personal and collective imaginations. Couple monsters with surrealism and we could have a fun night!
There are so many monster themes! Monsters as outsiders, monsters as victims of the mob mentality, monsters as misunderstood, monsters as representations of base desires, the possibilities are almost endless!

I am unpleasantly surprised that fear mongering helped Hillary Clinton tonight. I was hoping for a flat rejection of Clinton's campagin cynicism. Golly, I hope one day voters will have national security issues presented in a way not reduced to cheap political ads that appeal to base emotions.

How is it Hillary is making Ralph Nader seem more desirable than herself? Anyways, so it comes and so it goes. The like lihood of Clinton winning the nomination is slim but she has the chance to do much damage.
 

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." Oscar Wilde

The political landscape is full of garbage and trash throwers. Already a lot of garbage has been thrown at Barack Obama- and garbage trucks are lined up waiting to dump more on him. But Obama continues on, undaunted.

I love Barack Obama, maybe there is something transcendent about him. Gutter politics will not obscure Obama's message and vision. He has been able to rise above the meanness and pettiness and inspire the hearts of many, many people.