Want to get rid of Fox News?

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Thursday April 14, 2005 · 9:03 AM PDT

2005/04/14 · 09:03

Here's a story on a company that creates a device to block only Fox News from your cable. And it appears that the cable provider has to install it for you if you ask. Here's the key article section:

"About a year ago, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association announced that a number of cable companies would offer channel-blocking equipment free of charge to any customer who does not possess that capability.

Now the FOXBlocker website exhorts supporters to ask their cable company to come to their home to install a device to keep out the Fox News Channel."
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Virginia sets new standard for nanny state gov't

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Wednesday February 09, 2005 · 7:28 AM PST

2005/02/09 · 07:28

Ok, I actually laughed when I read this on Yahoo news because it was so ridiculous. Virginia's House of Delegates passed a bill on Tuesday that would allow people to be fined $50 if their underwear are showing -- like if their lowrise pants don't cover their underwear.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20050209/ap_on_fe_st/low_riding_pants

Now aside from the black humor aspects, what can we do? Based on posts below, and in the text of the article, you'll see it's a Dem against Dem issue, although I do believe Republicans must support this. So the question is what should our response be? I can't believe Republicans want the government to regulate something like this. Can we use this to point out to true conservatives that their once-dearly held belief in small government has gone to hell?

After all, isn't Virginia only slightly red? We could win them over with this couldn't we? Or at least make the dividing line between REAL Dems and Reps/Rep-lite Dems clearer: They want to run your life, we want to let you run your life." Might also bring some libertarians our way, too.

Tell America what you think about protecting our kids' health

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Tuesday February 01, 2005 · 12:41 PM PST

2005/02/01 · 12:41

I know lots of folks here get emails from the johnkerry.com site, as I do. I love getting them because to me they are a sign that the Democrats are trying to keep up grassroots activism beyond the election.

Here's one I just got today. John Kerry wants you to call this number and tell America what you think.

I posted most of the email below the fold, but here's the important paragraph: "Call our "Give Voice to Your Values" project at 1-866-876-4490. At this toll-free number, you can record a message describing, in your own words, why it is so critical for America to Put Kids First."
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Ted Kennedy gets it right

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Thursday January 13, 2005 · 7:10 AM PST

2005/01/13 · 07:10

There are two stories about Ted Kennedy today, probably because of a presentation he did (will do?) for the National Press Club.

Anyway, the first, on CNN reports Kennedy as saying "Dems can't be Republican clones" and sticking to a progressive agenda. The story also writes "Referring to abortion, he said Democrats should not yield on a woman's right to choose, but should also acknowledge that "we are a better society when abortions are rare.""

http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/12/kennedy.democrats.ap/index.html

The second story is on MSNBC, has Kennedy criticizing President Bush. The story writes:
""We have an administration that falsely hypes almost every issue as a crisis," the Massachusetts Democrat said in a speech prepared for delivery at the National Press Club. "They did it on Iraq, and they are doing it now on Social Security."

"They exploit the politics of fear and division, while ours is a politics of hope and unity," Kennedy said."

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What did your parents teach you about politics?

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Saturday December 04, 2004 · 6:40 AM PST

2004/12/04 · 06:40

I keep thinking about how so many people's political views are formed throughout their lives, often starting with very early childhood experiences). Whether they caused you to agree with your parents' and families' views or to reject them completely.

And as the Dem party moves forward I believe we need to understand WHY we believe what we do, which I think in turn helps us more effectively make the case why our stance is better for the country than the other guys'.

I'd love for dKos posters to contribute and I'll happily synthesize and re-post as a "here's why we're Democrats" diary.
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How To Turn Republicans Against Each Other

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Thursday December 02, 2004 · 7:18 AM PST

2004/12/02 · 07:18

CFR note: After reading a few initial comments I realized I was confusing people by using the "Rep" to mean Republican but lots of you took it to mean "Representative." Sorry for the confusion. I fixed it now. I've been thinking about this Red State/Blue State thing, and tying that to the "welfare state" argument that red states get more in federal aid relative to taxes while blue states get less.

But here's my new thought on this: we can turn this into a wedge issue by turning the reps on each other. How?

Tell the Red State Republicans that it's the Blue State Republicans, not the Dems that are the problem. Read More

The community part of dKos

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Wednesday December 01, 2004 · 10:05 AM PST

2004/12/01 · 10:05

It might just be me, but I thought yesterday was a particularly cranky day for some posters. Generally, dKos for me a place where we share ideas, joke around, and even talk trash to one another.

But yesterday things were downright nasty. I had a poster I'd never interacted with before tell me I was ignorant and that he didn't "like people like me." I flamed back and was justly rated down for it.

So, what's the point here? The point is that yesterday's experience made me that much more grateful for other people that I happily exchange posts with a lot and wanted to share my gratitude by naming some of those friends.

(PS: I should tell you, I have no idea if these people feel the same way about me, I like them anyway.) Read More

What Dems Have And What We Need

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Thursday November 11, 2004 · 4:17 AM PST

2004/11/11 · 04:17

(Note: This is a little long).

I've seen many diaries and comments post-election that basically write "we lost, it didn't work, let's ditch the leadership and start over."

I've spent a fair amount of time around people who create new products for a living, and I think this starting from scratch business will only hurt us. Besides, I refuse to believe 55 million votes is a complete failure. We lost, but it was a good fight. Let's not diminish what we accomplished.

So, with that in mind, fine tuning an existing product is often more effective than creating a completely new one. It takes less time, requires less education of potential buyers, and costs less money for marketing, etc. So with that in mind, I decided to outline what I saw as having worked, and what I think we should work on.
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My Husband Converted 3 Voters Today

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Tuesday November 02, 2004 · 11:46 AM PST

2004/11/02 · 11:46

I just got off the phone with my husband, who had himself just gotten back from voting. He drove a friend to the voting station, and on the way convinced the friend to vote Kerry. Then while he was waiting for his friend to finish voting, he ran into two high school friends who were voting for Bush -- repeating the Kerry will be weak talking points.

My husband said "That's crap. Kerry's not going to be weak. And Bush has an extreme agenda and who knows how many more wars Bush will start. North Korea, Iran. And we're isolated. Maybe you think we don't need France and Germany, but who's Bush going to piss off next? Bush is an extremist and we need Kerry."

So just as my husband was getting ready to leave, his high school friends came out of the booth and said "Hey, we just voted for Kerry!"

Now, okay, we live in a blue state, but I'm proud of my guy and this is going to help us win the popular vote.

NAES: Kerry Voters More Active Than Bush Voters

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Wednesday October 27, 2004 · 9:56 AM PDT

2004/10/27 · 09:56

So many polls in the last week! This one's about how politically active each candidate's core voters have been. It includes everything from wearing buttons to posting lawn signs to gave money to a political cause to talked politics with friends.

Choice data:
22% of hard-core Kerry Dems answered 7 political questions correctly, compared to 11% of Bush hard-core supporters. So basically, another data point that shows people who live in the reality-based community are voting for Kerry.

http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/naes/2004_03_active-kerry-support_10-26_pr.pdf

So, the results are there: we're working harder and we want this more. November 2, here we come!

LA Times: Evangelicals getting cold feet

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Wednesday October 27, 2004 · 7:32 AM PDT

2004/10/27 · 07:32

The headline reads "Conflicted Evangelicals Could Cost Bush Votes"

The article talks about how the GOP thinks it's got 80-90% of this group locked down, but yet there are lots of evangelicals who are concerned and polls showing Bush carrying only 70%.

And the evangelicals quoted in this article are from Wisconsin, woo hoo!

And as a final note, I think sometimes we have a tendency to think people who support Bush are freaks or even those who don't hate him are freaks and this article puts a fresh face on this group (which I don't claim to know a lot about). So it's worth the read. You'll feel better.

http://www.latimes.com/la-na-evangelicals27oct27,0,3515837.story?coll=la-home-headlines

What Our Kids Are Learning About Elections

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Saturday October 23, 2004 · 11:01 AM PDT

2004/10/23 · 11:01

Lots of us have posted comments and diaries about Nickolodeon's "Kids Pick The President" campaign. It was very neutral and aimed at explaining the process to kids.

Now I've seen Cartoon Network's version, and it's hilarious -- and sad. For example, Ed and the Grim Reaper, the incumbents, have created their own "puppies" add which says they like puppies and their challengers don't, so vote for Ed.

There's even an ad against the Grim Reaper claiming he is neither a reaper of souls, nor all that Grim. It's brought to viewers by "itsnottruebutitworks.org"

They even have an independent candidate, "plank" who is literally a piece of wood.

http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/specials/election/index.html

Yup, I'd say this is a more accurate representation of how elections work to show our kids.

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