Don't Worry... This is an Opportunity

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Wednesday November 05, 2014 · 12:32 AM PST

2014/11/05 · 00:32

Watching the election results roll in, I'm sure most of you are as disenchanted as I am.

It's sad to see a bunch of great Senators go down the drain... Kay Hagan... possibly Mark Begich... and of course others. It's a sad day for progressives...

Or is it???

Haven't we all known this was going to happen eventually? The Republican takeover of the Senate, and of course the House due to their gerrymandered districts???

Yet again, Nate Silver (aka Poblano) pretty much nailed the forecast. Surprise!!!

So what is there to celebrate??? Not much...other than the Republican leadership making an ass out of themselves...

SeaChange

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Friday October 18, 2013 · 1:10 AM PDT

2013/10/18 · 01:10

So, this here government shutdown and brush with default on our debts cost us $24 billion, according to Standard and Poor's.

We hear millions and billions all the time, but I decided to calculate what that meant for my family.

According to the American Enterprise Institute, there were 140.5M taxpayers recently. p.s. don't read the article because AEI's bullshit may make you want to puke.

Doing the math: $24B/140.5M = Roughly $171 for each of us.

For this. What a joke.

We Are... The RESPONSIBLE Party

SeaChange

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Tuesday October 08, 2013 · 2:35 AM PDT

2013/10/08 · 02:35

Short and Sweet. We ARE the RESPONSIBLE party. Let's own it.

Just want to get the idea out there. I hear that "PROVE IT" is the message du jour. But the long term message is that we are the RESPONSIBLE party...the ones who will take care of America...the ones who actually care for the well-being of Americans.

It's so simple, but it's true. Just look at the poll numbers. People are sick of the games that are being played in DC, and we all know who's at fault for them...

SeaChange

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Thursday February 16, 2012 · 6:41 PM PST

2012/02/16 · 18:41

Just 9 months after tornadoes tore through Joplin, killing scores of people, and just 10 months after the same thing happened in Birmingham, the President's FY2013 Budget is proposing to cut 100 key jobs from local warning and forecast offices. The sad thing is, President Obama probably doesn't even know about it.

Want to let him know? Sign the White House Petition, and tell him to stop risking the safety of the American public to appease Republican calls for austerity.

Probably more importantly, the President should be aware of what his line offices are doing and how they are handling the budget he hands down to them.

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Do you agree with Rick Santorum that the National Weather Service should be privatized?

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Do you agree with Rick Santorum that the National Weather Service should be privatized?

Yes

5 votes

34 votes

Are you serious?!?

33 votes

My Occupy: I Filed for Bankruptcy Today…and I’m Proud of It!

SeaChange

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Friday October 21, 2011 · 8:14 PM PDT

2011/10/21 · 20:14

This afternoon, after several years of dealing with credit card games, gimmicks, and greed, my wife and I finally filed for Bankruptcy. In a different era, this would have been a reason for shame; but in today’s world, my Bankruptcy is a source of pride.

I’ve been watching and feeling the Occupy protests nationwide. Despite media attempts to characterize the movement as unfocused, I know exactly what the focus is. For the past several years, I have lived the complaints you see on placards from Zucotti Park to Portland. The banking industry has broken their moral contract with the People via several different avenues. Today I acknowledged that breach of contract by making it clear that I no longer have a moral obligation to them.

The Banks’ games to keep me in debt have failed. I filed for Bankruptcy today with a clean conscience and sound mind. My wife and I have called this “Filing for Freedom”, using the option our forefathers created to help keep the People suffering from Banks’ usury rule out of debtors’ prison. In 17th century England, the Banks’ tactics would have worked. I am thankful that I live in a country that realized the oppressive power of money and debt, at least it did when the original Bankruptcy laws were written.

SeaChange

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Monday May 23, 2011 · 2:32 PM PDT

2011/05/23 · 14:32

I hate to politicize tragedies, but sometimes they shed light on the irresponsibility of those who are responsible for the well-being of our nation.

Take Billy Long for example. He is the classic wise-ass cowboy Republican Congressman who once said "Get out the crying towel" to people who don't have health insurance. Ironically, David Catanese, now a reporter for Politico, made a prescient prediction in that article:

...throughout his humorous and off-the-cuff repertoire, Long has a tendency to make some statements that could come back to haunt him.

Well, here comes the haunting...

SeaChange

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Thursday April 28, 2011 · 2:26 PM PDT

2011/04/28 · 14:26

The grim pictures coming out of the Deep South are just incomprehensible to me; being someone who lives in the Pacific Northwest, we normally don't get that kind of stuff out here. My heart goes out to those who were affected by the deadly twisters, and their friends and families as well.

As with any other tragedy, both natural and man-made, we will in the coming months all debate and work on how we could have lessened the blow and better informed people. weatherdude did a fantastic job summarizing the event in his diary earlier today.

The sad fact is, more people would have died if the House Republicans had their way with the NOAA and NWS FY2011 budget.

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Have you ever seen a tornado with your own eyes?

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Have you ever seen a tornado with your own eyes?

Yes

26 votes

7 votes

Only when I was in an altered state

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Tax cuts for rich == Furloughs for the FAA, National Weather Service

SeaChange

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Thursday February 17, 2011 · 3:33 AM PST

2011/02/17 · 03:33

I apologize in advance for the ramblyness of my comments, it's 3am, I have a beer in my hand, but for all who stick with me, thank you.

I am a federal employee. I'm sure I'm not alone on this site. You know, I didn't mind taking one for the team when President Obama enacted a two-year pay freeze for federal employees a couple months back. I understand these are hard times, thanks to the irresponsibility of the Bush Administration, but we are where we are today. We can't turn back the clock to the days of fiscal responsibility, you know, the days of President Clinton and budget surplusses...Soooo to get our country back on track, we have to share in the pain. It's my patriotic duty. I get that.

But then things started to go south during the Lame Duck. The luster of taking one for the team started to tarnish. Why the HELL should I take a pay freeze to save $2 billion for the government, when the Congress AND Obama agreed on extending a 3% tax cut for millionaires which costs the government something like $200 billion? Makes no sense. At least to me.

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What's the forecast for our country?

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What's the forecast for our country?

Snowed Over

8 votes

Rained on and all Wet

2 votes

The forecast is cloudy

2 votes

A mix of sun and clouds

0 votes

Tornado Warning

12 votes

Sunny and Bright

0 votes

Cold as hell

3 votes

Hot as a firecracker

4 votes

Foggy

0 votes

Slippery When Wet

1 vote

"BLAME GAIN": Fox News already playing defense

SeaChange

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Monday January 10, 2011 · 10:56 AM PST

2011/01/10 · 10:56

Once in a while I like to see what the dark side of the media is doing, and this morning I came across this, front and center at foxnews.com.

CONGRESISTA HERIDA

And you've gotta love the URL for the story:
www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/10/arizona-massacre-prompts-political-cheap-shots/

Which I have just found is the headline for the story. Fair and Balanced. Gotta love it.

Wake the EFF Up, everyone! We're all on the same team here!!!

SeaChange

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Tuesday August 10, 2010 · 11:49 AM PDT

2010/08/10 · 11:49

I may just be banned for this, and if so...so be it. But Kos' last diary really pissed me off.

Here we are, just a year and a half into the Obama administration and we're all pointing fingers at one another. Giving the Republican idiots exactly what they want. They would love the 2010 and 2012 election cycles to be about us infighting with one another..."The Progressive Base is Falling Apart!!" What a great headline for Faux News, CNN, and anyone else who wants ratings.

The more we turn our attention to ourselves, the more the election becomes a referendum on us. And even though we all know the Obama Administration has done at least some fantastic things (like give a shit about ordinary Americans), the media just ain't playing it that way. So a referendum on us will mean a loss for us.

In other words, the less we draw attention to ourselves...the more we make this about the Republican idiots like Palin and Bachmann and Boehner, the better chances we have in keeping a flicker of our agenda alive beyond 2010.

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Whose fault is it going to be when Sarah Palin gets elected President in 2012?

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Whose fault is it going to be when Sarah Palin gets elected President in 2012?

Mine

13 votes

SeaChange's for writing this diatribe

14 votes

The Mainstream Media

16 votes

Idiot Red State Americans

12 votes

Soccer Moms

3 votes

The Progressive Movement

36 votes

Thank you, Scott Brown, for the Wake Up Call

SeaChange

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Tuesday January 19, 2010 · 7:12 PM PST

2010/01/19 · 19:12

It could not possibly be any clearer than it is today. We needed a wake up call.

Over the past 4 years, we as progressives have grown accustomed to the novelty of watching election returns trickle in and being amazed at ourselves that we could actually take the tide of this nation back from the Republicans.

Well, those days are now officially over.

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Do you think you're smarter than the average American?

52 votes Vote Now!

Do you think you're smarter than the average American?

Yes

39 votes

9 votes

Huh?

4 votes

WEAR GREEN! Show SOLIDARITY with our brothers and sisters in FREEDOM!

SeaChange

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Friday June 19, 2009 · 10:25 PM PDT

2009/06/19 · 22:25

It's the least we can do. I understand, "wear X color for Y cause" campaigns are WAY overdone in our society. But come on. Anyone who supports the Iranians marching for freedom while wearing a Red Sox cap, a Lakers jersey, or a Nike logo cannot even start to argue with this. Really. What's more important here?

Just look at Al Rodgers' highly recommended diary. Showing the color is obviously a huge point of solidarity with these people, and I think most of us are with them.

So...if you support the people peacefully fighting for freedom in Iran, WEAR GREEN.

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NWS Cuts: Less than a Year after Joplin Tornadoes, The Pres' FY13 Budget Cuts NWS Jobs

My Occupy: I Filed for Bankruptcy Today…and I’m Proud of It!

Joplin Congressman Bill Long (R) Made Fun of Tornado Test Warnings, Wanted to Sell HAM Frequencies

TORNADOES: House FY11 Budget Would Have CLOSED 1/4 of NWS Offices

Tax cuts for rich == Furloughs for the FAA, National Weather Service

"BLAME GAIN": Fox News already playing defense

Wake the EFF Up, everyone! We're all on the same team here!!!

Thank you, Scott Brown, for the Wake Up Call

WEAR GREEN! Show SOLIDARITY with our brothers and sisters in FREEDOM!