Feds Have History Of Working W/ Sci-Fi Writers

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Wednesday June 02, 2010 · 10:12 AM PDT

2010/06/02 · 10:12

Conservatives simply don't get it. If you want to have a broad approach to something, you bring in experts from ALL fields - and yes, that includes those that have either direct or indirect Hollywood ties.

( follow be below the flip to see how this is a common practice in Washinton )

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Who's The Better Sci-Fi Author

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Who's The Better Sci-Fi Author

Robert Heinlein

21 votes

Author C. Clarke

24 votes

Larry Niven

6 votes

Phillip K. Dick

27 votes

William Gibson

9 votes

Jeff Noon

0 votes

Dan Riehl Skirts The Edge Of Racism: Updated ( Who Is Dan? )

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Monday April 26, 2010 · 12:20 PM PDT

2010/04/26 · 12:20

I was just called a racist jackass for correctly stating there were racial undertones to this piece I saw posted on Twitter.

Cross-posted at 43-Ideas-Per-Minute

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Why Do Conservatives Actually Dislike Obama

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Why Do Conservatives Actually Dislike Obama

His Race

18 votes

Ability to tackle foreign AND domestic issues at once

2 votes

He can speak just as well without a prompter as with one

2 votes

The world views us more positively now that Bush is gone

2 votes

He makes excellent pie

0 votes

None of thee above

4 votes

All of thee above

20 votes

This poll sucks

13 votes

Pooties

0 votes

The Myth Of The Centrist Nation

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Monday March 22, 2010 · 5:39 AM PDT

2010/03/22 · 05:39

In which Kathleen Parker has no idea what her nation is about.

Approximately 70 million strong, these are America's new homeless class, people who are equally disgusted with both traditional parties and the special interests that control them. They're all ages, sexes, races, ethnicities, though younger Americans are crowding the front rows. Of those born after 1977, 44 percent identify as independent.

Independents as a group outnumber either party, in other words. Yet, given the hyperpartisanship that began under George W. Bush -- and has accelerated during President Obama's first year, thanks in large part to the enabling mechanism of the Internet -- one would think that America were divided into hard left and hard right.

We're not. We're a vast middle, slightly right-of-center nation. How is it that so many feel so disenfranchised by so few?

( cross-posted at 43-Ideas-Per-Minute )

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What Kind Of Nation Are We

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What Kind Of Nation Are We

Left

3 votes

Center-Left

20 votes

Centrist

3 votes

Center-Right

7 votes

Right

3 votes

Can't Accurately Classify

5 votes

Does It Matter? We Have Things To Take Care Of

13 votes

Defending Hannity/Freedom Alliance: Malkin's Folly

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Sunday March 21, 2010 · 9:52 AM PDT

2010/03/21 · 09:52

In which we find Michelle Malkin using her "love" for the American military to defend "Freedom Alliance" and Sean Hannity. Turns out that she's really missing the point on this and should use her "journalistic" skills to dig deeper into this - you know, like she does when she attacks children.

Recently, a story that has been around for nearly three years, has finally gained traction within the conservative realm, and blogger and passionate conservative Debbie Schlussel has rightfully pointed out that Sean Hannity and "Freedom Alliance" are using the image of the American military to steal money from concert-goers.

( cross-posted at my personal site 43-Ideas-Per-inute )

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How Will The Hannity "Freedom Concert" Revelation Play With Conservatives

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How Will The Hannity "Freedom Concert" Revelation Play With Conservatives

Conservatives won't care

33 votes

They will claim it's a liberal plot

40 votes

Concert ticket sales will increase

2 votes

Concert ticket sales will decrease

5 votes

Who cares

9 votes

Guess What Other President Liked To Bow: Updated w/ Nixon Bow

aironlater

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Sunday November 15, 2009 · 2:57 PM PST

2009/11/15 · 14:57

Over the past 48 hours or so, conservatives have insisted that Obama has someone "breached protocol again" by bowing when greeting the Japanese Emperor Akihito. Straight away, I knew that this was nothing more than another example of their flail around on the carpet and shriek as loud as you can strategy, so there really wasn't as much substance to their side of this non-issue to begin with.

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Is Obama's Knowledge Of Cultures Around The World Damaging To America?

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Is Obama's Knowledge Of Cultures Around The World Damaging To America?

yes

86 votes

303 votes

maybe

1 vote

does it really matter

23 votes

Were Any Of Van Jones' Statements False?

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Monday September 07, 2009 · 9:44 AM PDT

2009/09/07 · 09:44

While Glenn Beck, conservative bloggers, and Fox"Nation" rejoice in that same masturbatory fashion they do everytime they think they've won anything, one has to wonder exactly what it was that Van Jones said that was incorrect.

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Do You Think Van Jones Should Have Resigned?

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Do You Think Van Jones Should Have Resigned?

Yes

62 votes

75 votes

Did Glenn Beck Violate US Flag Code Live On Fox News?

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Friday July 24, 2009 · 5:47 AM PDT

2009/07/24 · 05:47

Glenn Beck, and many like him, love to use the image ( whether literal or methaphorical ) of the American Flag to promote their own particular style of "patriotism". In regards to states rights, the rights of the individual, or to lambast percieved unpatriotic behavior in those with whome they disagree, these conservatives ( most ofen those within the fringe elements of the movement: ie birthers, nativists, racists, and outright lunatics ) will use the image of the American Flag not to promote what it means to the nation but to attempt to give credance to whatever they are attempting to pass off at the moment.

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Who Is The Bigger Wingnut

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Who Is The Bigger Wingnut

Glenn Beck

27 votes

Sarah Palin

5 votes

Michelle Malkin

16 votes

All Are Equally Wingnutty

114 votes

Neoconservative Means Jew: How Malkin And Morrissey Are Excusing Their Ideological Idiocy

aironlater

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Thursday June 11, 2009 · 6:47 AM PDT

2009/06/11 · 06:47

Last night, amongst the seemingly endless streams of information coming in about James von Brunn, you could almost feel the forced shift that right-wing, conservative, bloggers were creating. They had been called on their bluff about how the DHS report on Right-Wing Extremism was an attack on "conservativism" and their show-cards didn't look any better. And once von Brunn went all in, things got a little interesting on the internet.

follow me below the flip for a brief commentary on what these two are saying about this man's actions

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Monday June 01, 2009 · 9:37 AM PDT

2009/06/01 · 09:37

*cross-posted at 43-Ideas-Per-Minutes

One can't but hear, again, the conservative Right's shriek and cry when the DHS report detailing "Right-Wing Extremism" was released.

Granted I'm a bit late to the subject on this one, but there was something about this whole scene that left a rather foul taste in my mouth.

--- follow me below the fold for some random thoughts on the state of conservativism and the radicals they encourage ---

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Will The DHS Report On Right-Wing Extremism Been Seen As Correct, Now That Dr. Tiller Has Been Assassinated?

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Will The DHS Report On Right-Wing Extremism Been Seen As Correct, Now That Dr. Tiller Has Been Assassinated?

Yes

68 votes

14 votes

These Events Aren't Connected

9 votes

Perhaps

14 votes

Does It Really Matter?

7 votes

Sotomayor Brings Cyber-Law Experience To SCOTUS

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Thursday May 28, 2009 · 6:09 AM PDT

2009/05/28 · 06:09

** This diary was originally published yesterday but quickly ran down the list into obscurity. I feel that it is deserving of a second glance due to its subject matter and how this will bring much needed experience/knowledge to the SCOTUS **

While many within in the punditry class, bloggers, and media figure-heads are grappling over Sonya Sotomayor's words about the Court Of Appeals, whom she quotes in her yearbook, and even her racial background, most people are ignoring the very real fact that Sotomayor brings something of great value with her. It's experience that no other Supreme Court Justice has.

She has a history of precedent-setting rulings on cyberlaw issues.

More below the flip:

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Wednesday May 27, 2009 · 9:40 AM PDT

2009/05/27 · 09:40

While many within in the punditry class, bloggers, and media figure-heads are grappling over Sonya Sotomayor's words about the Court Of Appeals, whom shequotes in her yearbook, and even her racial background, most people are ignoring the very real fact that Sotomayor brings something of great value with her. It's experience that no other Supreme Court Justice has.

She has a history of precedent-setting rulings on cyberlaw issues.

More below the flip:

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Is Sonya Sotomayor Going To Be Confirmed Quickly

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Is Sonya Sotomayor Going To Be Confirmed Quickly

Yes

29 votes

5 votes

Perhaps

6 votes

Only If She Likes Pie

2 votes

The Republicans Will Block Her At All Costs

3 votes

She Has To Wrestle Harriet Meirs First

2 votes

RNC To Pass Resolution Branding Democratic Party As "Socialist" Party

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Wednesday May 13, 2009 · 10:48 AM PDT

2009/05/13 · 10:48

Apparently, this "resolution" that the RNC is attempting to pass is not so much about "rebranding" the Democratic party in America as it is about trying to make Micheal Steele say something that he has already refused to.

( cross-posted @ 43-Ideas-Per-Minute )

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What Has The Republican Party Accomplished Since Jan. 20th

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What Has The Republican Party Accomplished Since Jan. 20th

Nothing

47 votes

Everything They Wanted

4 votes

Obstructing The Progression Of The Average American Worker

31 votes

Union Busting

0 votes

Boosting Fox"News" Ratings

19 votes

Who Cares

55 votes

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