Fly the flag.

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Tuesday November 04, 2008 · 9:39 PM PST

2008/11/04 · 21:39

Fly the flag tonight.

Maybe you put out the flag on July 4th. Maybe on Memorial Day. Maybe you raise it on all of the national holidays.

Maybe you raised the flag after 9/11.

Maybe you thought you'd lost our flag, that it was taken from you by false patriots, by bullies, by those who pretend that some Americans are pro-American and others anti.

Fly it tonight. Put it out in front of your house. Wave it from the rooftop. Tape it to your mailbox. Hang it from a window. It's yours. It's ours.

aldpol

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Friday March 07, 2008 · 6:50 AM PST

2008/03/07 · 06:50

My 15-year old daughter is a genetic Democrat, but hasn't really been politically engaged until now. This year, she's watched the debates with me, stayed up to see some of Obama's victory (and occasional concession) speeches, and asked me to bring her to volunteer for Obama before Super Tuesday.

She woke up a couple of Sundays ago to the sound of my cursing at Ralph Nader as he announced his "candidacy" on Meet the Press. After a few minutes, I turned to her and noticed that she was snarling at the TV almost as much as I was. "This is so stupid... Someone needs to tell him not to do this!" My reply: "So why don't you?" A few days later, she handed me this:

Dear Mr. Nader,

My name is... and I am a 15-year-old high school student. This election, I have taken an interest in following the politics and policies. Not only is this election exciting and new for me, but it is giving me hope that the country can one day become what it is supposed to be: a morally respectable country.

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Thursday August 10, 2006 · 2:49 PM PDT

2006/08/10 · 14:49

As Meteor Blades writes in his diary, this busted terror plot may be hoax, may be hype, may be all too real. Quite likely, it will turn out to be a bit of each, and even likelier, we'll never actually know for sure. While the truth or falsehood of the story makes for a vividly emotional debate, it's ultimately a debate that leads nowhere, because there's no reason to expect that anyone will be proven right or wrong. From a practical standpoint, it's a debate over whether Satchel Paige would have been able to strike out Barry Bonds, or whether Jesus was really resurrected. The answer may matter, to some people quite a lot, but while it is debatable by us, it is not authoritatively answerable by us. And the debate, therefore, is a distraction from what really matters.

What really matters is that our job -- and it is a vital one -- is to push our Democratic "leaders" to state the obvious truth: that, while we're certainly glad and grateful that the British busted this ring, this whole story is sad evidence of the hash our Republican government has made of the "war on terror." Read More

CBS report: Admin begins to ratchet up election-year terror fears

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Tuesday June 06, 2006 · 9:29 AM PDT

2006/06/06 · 09:29

I wake up every morning to CBS News on my local all-news radio station. Today, I was shocked (but not surprised) to hear this as the lead story:

(CBS) U.S. officials believe Canadian arrests over the weekend and three recent domestic incidents in the United States are evidence the U.S. will soon be hit again by a terrorist attack. Privately, they say, they'd be surprised if it didn't come by the end of the year, reports CBS News correspondent Jim Stewart in a CBS News exclusive.

The three recent domestic incidents? A Torrance, CA cell of "Muslim converts who bonded together in prison [and] planned to use... robberies to finance attacks on 20 Army recruiting stations," a Toledo, OH group of "three men training to attack U.S. forces overseas," and an Atlanta pair who "are charged with videotaping domestic targets, including the U.S. Capitol and the World Bank."

Please note the source: "U.S. officials."

A leak from the Administration, which signifies that, yes, election season is now officially upon us. (And we thought that Presidential gay-baiting was the only sign of spring...) Read More

Open thread: CALL SENATORS on Feingold censure resolution

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Tuesday March 14, 2006 · 7:48 AM PST

2006/03/14 · 07:48

This is a Tuesday open thread for discussion of calls to Senators on censure. It's only been 18 hours since Senator Feingold stood on the Senate floor and called for the censure of the President. And now, with the exception of yesterday morning's diary by Russ himself, which is gallantly hanging on on the Recommended list, the issue has already virtually disappeared from DailyKos.

Contact info for your Senator is here: CONTACT YOUR SENATOR. Call, fax, email, call, fax, email -- every day until they understand that the consequences of standing down are worse than the consequences of standing up. Tell the Dems that their cowardice will cost them something; tell the Repubs that not everyone in their red states is OK with their abandonment of the Constitution. Read More

NY Kossacks: Meet Sen. Russ Feingold this Saturday!

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Monday March 13, 2006 · 10:46 AM PST

2006/03/13 · 10:46

Attention New York Kossacks!

This Saturday evening, March 18th, Senator Russ Feingold will be among the honorees at a very special event in Brooklyn. LOUD & CLEAR is the annual gala of Kolot Chayeinu, a progressive Jewish congregation in Park Slope. For progressive Brooklynites and other New Yorkers, this is your best chance to meet Senator Feingold, hear him speak, and thank him for fighting our good fights. Read More

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