AP Sandra Day O'Connor Stepping down

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Friday July 01, 2005 · 7:38 AM PDT

2005/07/01 · 07:38

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court and a key swing vote on issues such as abortion and the death penalty, said Friday she is retiring.

Sandra Day O'Connor announced today that she is retiring from the Supreme Court.

O'Connor, 75, said she expects to leave before the start of the court's next term in October, or whenever the Senate confirms her successor. There was no immediate word from the White House on who might be nominated to replace O'Connor.
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Communist Manipulation of the Free Market

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Wednesday June 22, 2005 · 5:43 PM PDT

2005/06/22 · 17:43

Today Communist China has flexed its powerful economic muscle and has made offers to acquire both UNOCAL and Maytag. Imagine two US corporations, once publicly owned by the American people as a corporation, will be owned by the Chinese government.

This concept of free trade we so often hear the Republicans using to win elections is disgusting and in my opinion is treasonous. We can't possibly have free trade with a communist regime because in its very nature it holds down the freedoms which capitalism requires to flourish. Price controls imposed by communists limit Americas ability to compete. How can an American worker bargain for labor against a psudo-chinese slave who earns 10 cents an hour? Worst yet, this Chinese worker has no hope of ever working for more because of the brutal controls its government imposes upon him. Yet another example of Chinas atrocities is its flagrant disregard for our environment. Pollution is so bad people have to wear masks to even walk around some Chinese cities.

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Wilford Brimley - Presumed Dead

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Wednesday April 27, 2005 · 9:47 PM PDT

2005/04/27 · 21:47

I saw Wilford Brimley on a Liberty Medical advertisement today; though it was the same ad I saw him on 5 years ago! After running a quick Google news search there appears to be no recent Wilford Brimley appearances. At 71 years old and not being seen out of the house for at least 5 years I'm presuming Wilford to be either dead or functioning as a bionic man. What are your thoughts?

National Moveon Rallies Tonight 5pm!!!!

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Wednesday April 27, 2005 · 11:27 AM PDT

2005/04/27 · 11:27

Find your national moveon rally here.

We need a great showing tonight to show the country that we don't stand for President Bush's attempts to pack the courts with radical republicans. There are over 180 national meetings in front of our local courthouses, surely you can find one so that you can Stand beside your neighbors tonight.

Please recommend this diary.

A Winning Local Message in Red America

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Tuesday April 26, 2005 · 11:14 AM PDT

2005/04/26 · 11:14

I`m from a small suburban town in Ohio called Perrysburg. The population of this cute little quintessential town is booming, growing probably between 5% and 10% per year. The reasons for this kind of growth are obvious: Great Schools, A Safe community and that small town feel.

The irony of this situation is that this growth is deteriorating all of the reasons people are moving to our community. Crime is on the rise, schools are getting crowded and our once small town feel is being replaced by strangers, traffic and strip malls. Read More

"activist judges"

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Friday April 22, 2005 · 1:38 PM PDT

2005/04/22 · 13:38

Prominent Republicans have subtly threatened violence, retribution and impeachment against our nations "activist judges". Over the course of the last few weeks we've heard words like these:

"the filibuster against people of faith", "unfairly re-written law", "arrogant judges", "judicial supremacy", "unaccountable for their actions" and the list goes on and on.

This is the theme of our time, the melody having been played in unison by "conservatives" for years finally bubbling up to a grand climax this year. You'd think we live in a time when there was total liberal control of the court system and the courts were taking an unjustified power-grab. This sentiment can only be further than the truth.
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You've gotta believe!

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Tuesday April 12, 2005 · 5:28 PM PDT

2005/04/12 · 17:28

There is no need to re-invent the wheel here folks. New liberal groups are popping up on the internet left a right, almost daily. Innovation is not a bad thing but I've noticed some redundancy. There is a downside to redundancy because there is a large cost associated with this in terms of the technological development. Creating simple things such as mailing lists, blogs, html, pretty pictures and content takes a lot of time. In a sense we are reinventing the wheel almost daily.

What liberal communities need to do is to work together a bit more. For example, I suggest that we use the infrastructure that DFA has built and integrate that with our dailykos community. I suggest a partnership in which our pseudo-internet-think-tank is incorporated with the already existing local DFA community groups. This sort of partnership can't be a bad thing.
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DLC comes out swinging

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Monday April 04, 2005 · 10:23 AM PDT

2005/04/04 · 10:23

"To win back the White House in 2008, our party must change. We must be willing to discard political strategies that may make us feel good but that keep falling short. We must finally reject the false choice between exciting our base and expanding our appeal, because unless we both motivate and persuade, we'll lose every time," said DLC founder Al From and President Bruce Reed in a new manifesto for their party.

Here is another DLC Quote I enjoy: “If Democrats want to be a majority party again, they need to move to the center”

Right. That sounds like a novel idea! Let’s just roll over and give up! Let’s ignore the fact that we are an opposition party, one by whose very definition is to propose alternative solutions! Let’s just pretend we have no alternative solutions! Read More

DLC comes out swinging

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Monday April 04, 2005 · 10:22 AM PDT

2005/04/04 · 10:22

ALERT - Bias Ad counsel Ad

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Saturday March 19, 2005 · 7:06 PM PST

2005/03/19 · 19:06

A few hours ago I was listening to convervative radio in Oregon. To my surprise I heard an Ad Counsel ad which sounded like this:

Woman's voice: A big company in our town polluted our river. So I did something about it.

She continues: I tryed to call the company executives but only got to talk to secretaries. Fed up I organized a local group to protest the company.

and still continues: now the company is out of business, half the town is unemployed and our river is still polluted. Our kid's are still getting cancer and now no one can afford medicine because the company that provided local families with health insurance is gone.

Woman's voice: so donate blood to your local blood bank.

Mans' voice: a message from the Ad Counsel.

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Imagine this picture:

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Thursday February 17, 2005 · 7:41 PM PST

2005/02/17 · 19:41

Two People are sitting next to one another on stage, in an arena of millions. The person on the left is weak even sickly looking. He's agreeable, persuadable and too easily confused; heck, he even looks confused. The one on the right is astute, bold and upright, much like an erect human penis. Some call this a slaughter house; I call this Hannity and Colmes. Read More

Fair vote? He's been set up to win.

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Saturday January 29, 2005 · 10:50 AM PST

2005/01/29 · 10:50

They haven't voted yet, but he's been set up to win watch the news on Tuesday, I beat drudge!

Iyad Allawi - The man US Oil firms want to win.

Bio from the bbc: "Well-connected

Mr Allawi went on to co-found the Iraqi National Accord (INA) party, which is known for attracting disillusioned former Baathists from the military and security fields.

From its foundation in 1991, with the backing of the US Central Intelligence Agency and British intelligence, the group supported the idea of fostering a coup from within the Iraqi army to overthrow Saddam Hussein, but its attempts ended disastrously.

Correspondents say Mr Allawi is well-connected politically in Washington and London, has extensive business dealings and has close relations with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait."

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