Today I left the Nebraska Democratic Party

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Tuesday August 04, 2009 · 3:42 PM PDT

2009/08/04 · 15:42

I'm still a Democrat. I love the Democrats. But it's time for tough love, and I've made up my mind that I will not be a part of any organization that supports Blue Dogs and especially Ben Nelson.

SWicklund

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Tuesday October 07, 2008 · 5:29 PM PDT

2008/10/07 · 17:29

My most recent diary discussed how the rich do not spend their wealth, they try their best to preserve it, for themselves and their heirs. This observation led to a very good question by hopelite9: "you're saying they don't put in a bank somewhere (making the money available for others to borrow)?"

Well of course they don't stuff it in their mattress. What happened to all that wealth that was supposed to trickle down?

SWicklund

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Monday October 06, 2008 · 2:31 PM PDT

2008/10/06 · 14:31

I am always stunned by the idiocy of the Republicans, but one myth that is so obviously false, and has been repeated from Reagan to McCain is this story of tax-cuts for the wealthy "creating jobs".
It seems so blatantly false.
What do more wealthy people do with their money? Do they spend it? No.
I'll give you a hint.

SWicklund

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Saturday October 04, 2008 · 1:20 PM PDT

2008/10/04 · 13:20

John McCain has shown outright anger at questions regarding the integrity of his campaign. He also flashes barely contained rage at Obama, not able to look him in the eyes during the debate, and essentially cold shouldering him in the senate.
I have heard the theory that McCain needs to demonize his opponents, but I think there is a better explanation, that goes to McCain's resentment over not getting to choose the terms of this campaign.

SWicklund

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Sunday September 21, 2008 · 7:37 AM PDT

2008/09/21 · 07:37

So you drive a company into the nation's largest bankruptcy, and what do you get? Oh, two years pay of $10 to $25 million. But you know, it's a competitive market, and we have to pay them to keep that fine, fine talent. So we are setting aside $2.5 billion, to assure that we can.
It's time to end this "heads we win - tails you lose" game. I'm writing my senators and congressman to make sure we don't just buy crappy mortgages, that instead we liquidate these bastards' firms and make them pay the price of failure. I realize that certain retirement funds will also get slammed, and small time investors will pay as well, but this cannot be allowed to go unpunished. Are we to encourage them to try this again? What will be the next fancy derivative wall street will use to pick our pockets? Enough.

What I like about John McCain

SWicklund

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Sunday September 14, 2008 · 9:45 AM PDT

2008/09/14 · 09:45

I like John McCain. I like his honesty.
No, really, stop laughing.
John McCain is an honest guy - for a Republican.
Every once in a while, some great truth will utter from his mouth.

WARREN: Everybody talks about, you know, taxing the rich, but not the poor, the middle class. At what point, give me a number, give me a specific number. Where do you move from middle class to rich? [...]

MCCAIN: How about $5 million?

He then backpedals. But the truth slipped out. That's honest for a Republican.
You know what they say: "In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king."
Hence, McCain is a maverick Republican.

So what does this truth tell us?
If 5 million is the divide between rich and middle class, what is the divide between middle class and poor?
1 million, perhaps?
And we all know what Republicans think of the poor.
The fact is to the Republican leadership, we are nearly all the poor unwashed masses, sucking on the government teat.

Thanks for the honesty, John. It's refreshing.

Poll

33 votes Show Results

Are you rich, middle class or poor

33 votes Vote Now!

Are you rich, middle class or poor

I'm Rich! I make over $5 million!!

1 vote

Sadly, I am in the middle class. I only pull in 4 million or so a year

1 vote

I'm so damn poor. My boos will only pay me 900,000.

6 votes

I wish I was poor.

25 votes

Obama a Muslim? About.com poll says yes. Come on Kossacks, Lets fix this

SWicklund

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Saturday May 31, 2008 · 11:02 PM PDT

2008/05/31 · 23:02

This came to my attention via Reddit.
Here is the poll.

As of this moment it 48% yes, 41% no, 10% undecided!
This is nuts. I can't believe that after reading a page dedicated to debunking this myth, people are still voting for "yes". This has to be trolls.

Surely we can help remedy this problem. Go Vote!

Message Discipline problem? Medical Malpractice

SWicklund

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Tuesday May 09, 2006 · 7:05 AM PDT

2006/05/09 · 07:05

This morning I was furious to hear NPR spout out how Democrats had blocked two Medicare Malpractice bills (please excuse the link - I couldn't find it anywhere else).
This made me furious, because I know that although Malpractice reform is needed, it should go hand in hand with medical insurance reforms. But that is not the message I heard from the Democrats on this one. Read More

Framing the issue: Rupublicans and defense

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Saturday February 26, 2005 · 6:46 AM PST

2005/02/26 · 06:46

One of the biggest clubs that the Republicans use against Democrats is that we are "soft on defense".
I was thinking about that and how so many Democrats today continue to support the military-industrial sector by increasing already mind-bogglingly huge spending bills year after year. This has got to stop people!
In modern times, conventional warfare, fought on the battlefield, resolves almost nothing! After Iraq, do we really think we are going to go to war against Iran, Syria or North Korea? If not, then who are we defending ourselves from? Russia, China, Europe?
The fact is that the United States is very vulnerable to an attack, but not a conventional one and not a terrorist attack, contrary to Republican dogma.
The U.S. is frighteningly vulnerable to a financial attack, and the Republicans are busily strengthening our real rivals every day. Read More

Ferial Masry: How we will win the War on Terror

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Wednesday October 27, 2004 · 7:26 AM PDT

2004/10/27 · 07:26

I heard a story on NPR this morning about Ferial Masry (more here: http://www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org/archives/04_0409_us_wip_saudi_native.htm)
In a moment of enlightenment I suddenly realized the answer to a question that has bothered me since the start of this election: How can we win the war on terror?
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The second recession is coming

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Wednesday August 04, 2004 · 6:25 AM PDT

2004/08/04 · 06:25

The second recession is coming.
The signs are clear now - this is what you get from Republican mismanagement of the economy. But you can't blame George W. Bush. He grew up in two societies which never really accepted what was learned by the New Deal - the conservative South and the land of wealth and privilege.
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When a man who has everything hates the man with nothing

SWicklund

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Wednesday July 28, 2004 · 9:02 PM PDT

2004/07/28 · 21:02

Yesterday I was privileged to share some time with a fairly successful author of technical books. This was a pleasure for me as he writes about the field I work in. He was very smart, and successful and clearly fairly wealthy. I knew he was well off as he talked at length about his beautiful new house and showed me pictures of the vast acreage and home. He has a wonderful family, and was proud of his healthy newborn son.
So I was surprised when I went to lunch with him to hear him complain about the homeless in San Francisco. He wasn't complaining that there were homeless. He was complaining that they got a $500 check each month after registering with the city. Read More

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