Beware Appalachian State: Over Confidence Can Cost You

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Monday May 19, 2008 · 6:18 AM PDT

2008/05/19 · 06:18

On September 1, 2007 Appalachian State, an AA football team from a small college walked into the largest football stadium in the nation and shocked the world.

Michigan, a powerful and storied program, was beaten because they allowed their confidence to get the better of them. The Wolverines believed they had the game in the bag before the game started and it cost them.

We must be careful that as Democrats, we don't fall into the same trap.

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Friday April 21, 2006 · 9:14 AM PDT

2006/04/21 · 09:14

"The Key to the Greatest Treasure in All the Land!" was taken a little to seriously by jeweler Joe Costello. His method for selling more lockets is the Heart to Heart^tm abstinence program, largely inspired (it would seem) by a Mel Brooks movie. Read More

This Tribe over any other? (Now w/ Poll!)

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Friday November 18, 2005 · 7:01 AM PST

2005/11/18 · 07:01

I was inspired to write this diary by an article on ESPN's website of all places. That article is

Here

In the article, Bill Curry, ex-College football head coach, discusses rivalries, specifically the Michigan-Ohio State game on Saturday (Eventhough everbody knows the big story is that PSU is going to roll over MSU for the Big Ten Championship after starting the season unranked...) and how they reflect the tribalism that infects human nature. Read More

Cheney for President?

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Friday October 14, 2005 · 4:57 AM PDT

2005/10/14 · 04:57

In todays Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund claims that the office of Dick Cheney staged a last minute opposition to Mier's nomination for Supreme Court Justice.

http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110007398

This means??? Read More

Why we post on DailyKos (w/ poll)

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Tuesday October 04, 2005 · 6:23 AM PDT

2005/10/04 · 06:23

Yesterday saw some diaries posted that asked tough questions about why DailyKos exists, why we post, what our goals should be and how we should step beyond the lovely orange borders of our community and into the 'real world' to get 'real things' done. The words "mental masturbation" were used.

To a degree, what we do here is mental, or at least ideological, masturbation. That is NOT a bad thing, it's a GREAT thing.

What we do here is valuable.

Reasons why it's great (and some criticisms) below the fold. Read More

It's time to commit

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Wednesday September 21, 2005 · 9:23 AM PDT

2005/09/21 · 09:23

I just read a diary here that states O'Conner may stay on as SC Justice for a short period of time, through June, the end of the session. O'Conner is "prepared to do that" though the President hasn't made a descision about how he is going to do that.

News link here

Democratic Strategy Below the Fold Read More

please refine my letter to the editor w/ poll!

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Friday September 02, 2005 · 6:13 AM PDT

2005/09/02 · 06:13

I'm writing a letter to the editor to my two home town newspapers (Carlisle Sentinel and Harrisburg Patriot) and to the Washington Post.

I want it to have as much impact as possible so I'm asking for critiques from anybody here who wants to help.

Text of the letter is below the fold. Read More

Atlanta Journal-Constitution Editorial Update

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Friday August 12, 2005 · 5:07 AM PDT

2005/08/12 · 05:07

I know the diary police will be after me, but I thought I'd update this diary:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/8/11/7537/90380

about a op-ed columnist in Atlanta badmouthing Ms. Sheehan Read More

The Problem with America...

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Wednesday July 27, 2005 · 5:59 AM PDT

2005/07/27 · 05:59

I'm reading Friedman's column about Lance Armstrong in today's NYTimes and Ireland has come up again. I'm not exactly sure where I've seen it before, but I distinctly remember reading about how Ireland has gone from 'sick man of Europe' to the second richest country in the EU within a couple of generations.
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269,215 Killed or Wounded

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Thursday June 30, 2005 · 10:44 AM PDT

2005/06/30 · 10:44

Not really but stay with me for a moment.

CNN is reporting 8,175 Iraqis killed another 12,000 wounded. A little bit of internet snooping and I found a 1997 estimate for Iraq's population at 22,219,289 people.

9.0799e-4 % of the Iraqi population have become casualties in just the last six months of this war.

9.0799e-4 of the U.S. population is 269,215 people. That's about equal to half the population of Wyoming or the population of Tampa, Florida.

Just a little bit of perspective.

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