How Did This Site Become So Ugly With Ads?

Daxman

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Wednesday April 28, 2010 · 1:13 PM PDT

2010/04/28 · 13:13

I simply have to protest the commercialism of this site. You have to work so hard to read any content.

This is not a real diary it is just a protest sign from a long-time subscriber fed up with the change of direction.

Commercialism will kill this site, not save it.

Daxman

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Tuesday April 27, 2010 · 4:23 PM PDT

2010/04/27 · 16:23

I come to this site hoping for wisdom and political realism.
What I see is more and more ADVERTISING.

UPDATE
The page has become a chameleon. Every time I sign on, brand new color scheme on the margins.

That is not good brand reinforcement. As a loyal longtime proud member of this community I think it should have a very strong brand identity.

Earn money yes. But please find a way to do so that doesn't scream NASCAR

Daxman

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Tuesday December 22, 2009 · 1:27 AM PST

2009/12/22 · 01:27

Maybe it's time to reverse the role of who is for "States Rights"

Why should conservative senators from many of the most dysfunctional backward states dictate to the rest of the country what can be done with respect to health care, reproductive rights, the environment?

Perhaps the focus of all progressives should be to a new approach to "States rights". Let each of the blue states adopt new progressive laws on health care, abortion rights and the environment at the state legislative levels. As time goes and these programs prove to be more beneficial to its citizens the red states will come along. Virginia, North Carolina , Indiana, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada are already tipping to blues states. Arizona, Montana and others are not far behind.

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86 votes Show Results

Is it time for Progressives to Change Strategy?

86 votes Vote Now!

Is it time for Progressives to Change Strategy?

No, we can't abondon our historic efforts to give red states the advantage of our efforts

13 votes

Yes. The current system is rigged. The red states will follow by example. It's their best hope

73 votes

Is Anyone Else Sick Of Olbermann's New Trash Style?

Daxman

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Tuesday December 08, 2009 · 2:15 AM PST

2009/12/08 · 02:15

I always watch Keith Olbermann with Tivo to skip to the good parts.

More and more the "good parts" are less and less.

Granted we need him as an opposition to Faux News, but his show is starting to show the same odious signs of trivial stupidity.

He was great during the Bush years but lately most of his show is nonsense.

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613 votes Show Results

Has Olbermann Has Jumped the "Snark"

613 votes Vote Now!

Has Olbermann Has Jumped the "Snark"

No, he's As Good as During the Bush Years

151 votes

No, But He's Getting There

98 votes

Yes. He Needs to Get Back to Serious Work

364 votes

Tea Party Jerks Will Love the Public Option

Daxman

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Tuesday September 22, 2009 · 5:37 PM PDT

2009/09/22 · 17:37

The Tea Party-Medicare Carrying Maniacs will get behind the public option in a moment if they only understood what it would do for them.

If these pathetic seniors can get the message that they are benefitted by the new program the Repbulicans will crash.

What does in take to educate these idiots? A little bit of time and a talk radio host who knows the landscape.

It just may happen.

Daxman

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Monday April 20, 2009 · 7:01 PM PDT

2009/04/20 · 19:01

A cheap thrill of having Obama elected is to see how pathetic and humbled Dick Cheney now stands in his role as head of "Government in Exile"

Daxman

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Thursday January 15, 2009 · 1:14 AM PST

2009/01/15 · 01:14

The Caroline Kennedy detractors, including Markos (who has done a wonderful job of insulting her on this site), should take a short step back and think about this smart and poised individual's life.

And address the "elephant in the room". The one date in this country's history that has affected many of us.

11/22/63.

Although her family was destroyed by politics, CK has adjusted into public service admirably.

Daxman

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Wednesday January 14, 2009 · 3:26 PM PST

2009/01/14 · 15:26

Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity, sure. But I am a little puzzled to read a Democrat write this

Kennedy's high-powered consultants and PR rollout has been an unmitigated disaster. The more people see of Kennedy, the less impressed they become. It's a startling collapse, but ultimately, the Kennedy attraction was based on her pedigree and little else. As people got a look beyond the powerful last name, there was little else to commend her.

Daxman

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Wednesday January 07, 2009 · 10:45 AM PST

2009/01/07 · 10:45

I am amazed at how many stories are written to bash Harry Reid over the Burris matter. (Oh, by the way, Obama and 49 Dem Senators backed him on this.)

Please, DKos friends, Harry Reid can be lambasted for his approach to FISA and other issues but this is merely a procedural issue he got caught on the wrong side of. We should not be bashing him for showing guts early on and trying to intimidate Blago.

OK, his gambit did not work.

But now so many at DKos seem to relish the idea that if they had run ths show they would have seated Burris from the beginning because they knew how Blago would react. (Ignoring all of the insults leveled at Burris as a fool and the expressed hope that he would just go away).

Daxman

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Tuesday January 06, 2009 · 1:40 PM PST

2009/01/06 · 13:40

I have no objection to Israel using its armed forces to go into Gaza to find and kill the Hamas members who are sending rockets into Israel. That only makes sense.

But Israel has to own up to fact that the children of Gaza are their repsonsibility since Israel is the only functioning governmental institution that controls their lives.

As Colin Powell said "You break it. You own it."

Daxman

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Thursday October 30, 2008 · 6:22 PM PDT

2008/10/30 · 18:22

I reallly do not want to hear expressed again what Hunter S Thompson said about the youth vote in 2004 after Kerry lost.

"We rocked the vote all right. Those little bastards betrayed us again."

Or see the realization of James Carville's sentiment who said " Show me a candidate who depends on the youth vote and I'll show you a loser."

The most discouraging words about early voting is that the "youth vote" still hasn't shown up.

Obama may win without a heavy youth vote but it sure would help.

So what suggestions are there to get the 18-25 year olds to vote?

A few starter suggestions below. All others are welcome.

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100 votes Show Results

Will It Be Different This Time?

100 votes Vote Now!

Will It Be Different This Time?

No, the Youth Vote Will Not Show and Consequently Obama Will Lose

7 votes

No, the Youth Vote Will Not Show But Obama Will Win Anyway

24 votes

Yes, the Youth Vote Will Show and Cause an Obama Victory

17 votes

Yes, the Youth Vote Will Show and Give Obama a Landslide (He Would Have Won Anyway)

16 votes

I Don't Know, But I Plan to Beg, Badger, Bribe and/or Threaten all the 18-25 year old I know on Nov 4.

17 votes

I Don't Know, But I Trust the Obama Campaign Has Got it Covered

19 votes

What a Map! Indiana Flips - 375 EVs for Obama is New High

Daxman

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Friday October 24, 2008 · 8:39 AM PDT

2008/10/24 · 08:39

Real Clear Politics just averaged in the results of a Survey USA poll showing Obama with a 4% lead in Indiana with the other recent polls.

The result is that Indiana now has a slight bias to Obama (.05%)

The 375 Map - Nice and Solid on Top

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How Did This Site Become So Ugly With Ads?

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Blue States Should Go Their Own Way on Health Care, Abortion and All Else.

Is Anyone Else Sick Of Olbermann's New Trash Style?

Tea Party Jerks Will Love the Public Option

The Tubby Swagger of Dick Cheney

The CK Elephant in the Room and the Markos Insult

Don't Throw the Kennedy out with the Bush Bathwater

Reid Buried - Obama Unscathed

Israel Has to Protect the Palestinian Children

"What Will it Take to Get the Youth Out to Vote?" Updated Answer: A Little Attentiveness-

What a Map! Indiana Flips - 375 EVs for Obama is New High