The Value of The Drive

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Saturday February 20, 2010 · 7:09 PM PST

2010/02/20 · 19:09

Most of us take driving for granted, or worse, a nuisance. We tell little kids how much longer we’ll have to be in the car before we get to the movie theater, grandma’s house, or whatever. I was one of those kids. I always wanted to just get home, and as we hurtled down 355 or 294 I always asked how much longer we would be in the car. The problem was my lack of understanding how long an hour, or even a minute really was. So the value had to be expressed in something more concrete, like how many more songs would come on, or how many tollbooths were remaining. The songs measure proved problematic because those numbers were approximations, and little kids who need to piss aren’t big on approximations. I retained this A to B, are we there yet mentality to driving until my family started to tackle a beast unlike any other.

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Monday October 26, 2009 · 10:26 AM PDT

2009/10/26 · 10:26

Please prepare yourself, I am about to say something no one on 'teh great orange Satan' would have dared say even a few weeks ago. Thank you, Harry Reid.

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Friday September 11, 2009 · 10:55 AM PDT

2009/09/11 · 10:55

I love Daily Kos. I very rarely write diaries, and when I do they slip right down the recently written list into oblivion. But I love to lurk and I certainly enjoy reading some of the brilliant work that is posted on this site every day, not only on the front page but in the recommended diaries and even some that don't get that honor.

But as I watched President Obama's address, and heard the flagrant outburst from Rep. Wilson, something rose up inside me. I'm lucky enough to have healthcare, and I have for my entire life. I like to think that I appreciate the privilege. I wish Joe Wilson did too.

And as Wilson perpetuates his lies about healthcare, it's interesting to take a look at how he and his family have had coverage.....(more beneath the fold)

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Thursday September 04, 2008 · 1:49 PM PDT

2008/09/04 · 13:49

My nan (grandmother) is a registered Republican, and quite proud of it. She believes in traditional gender roles for men and women, is strongly anti-abortion, and belongs to a country club. Her husband was the Chairman of a Fortune 500 company, and she is more of an economic conservative than anything else, being significantly more progressive (but still not great) on social issues. A signed picture of George W. Bush hangs in her basement, addressed to my grandfather. She's voting for Barack Obama in November.

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Friday July 04, 2008 · 9:32 AM PDT

2008/07/04 · 09:32

I, along with many other campaign junkies, eagerly await new polling numbers in battleground states, hoping desperately for positive numbers in states like Virginia, where we are trying to make history and elect Barack Obama with a broad-based coalition of voters. I log on to RealClearPolitics nearly every day, (along with this site, of course) to see new leads for Obama or to see his leads grow, as they have in the past few weeks as our party comes back together for the battle we share.

Major news organizations love quoting these averages in battleground states, saying that they pose problems for the Democratic Party in these states as Barack struggles to win over white, working class voters.

But really, Barack's leads in these states are significantly larger than these numbers indicate. Why? Because we are still looking at horrifyingly old data!

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