Proposed: perm't sidebar link to a daily WELCOME post

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Monday September 01, 2008 · 7:30 PM PDT

2008/09/01 · 19:30

I think that a daily "Welcome To Those Visiting Daily Kos" post is needed...well...daily on DailyKos.com.

Think of all the folks coming to dKos because of rightwing murmurs that dKos started mean-spirited rumors relative to Gov. Sarah Palin. Think of all the folks coming to dKos on ANY given day, not because of this or that news story, but just because they are becoming politically aware.

I think Kos should consider offering these first-time visitors a special message, just for them, that is written by a Front Pager and linked to through a special WELCOME FIRST TIME VISITORS graphic, sandwiched between the Menu and About options in the right-hand column.

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A special link to a regularly updated "Welcome To Those Visiting Daily Kos" message on the homepage is

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A special link to a regularly updated "Welcome To Those Visiting Daily Kos" message on the homepage is

A good idea that needs to be acted on ASAP

28 votes

A good idea that needs to be acted on eventually

11 votes

A bad idea

1 vote

meh (shoulders shrugged)

6 votes

E-mail J&J to thank them - reward good behavior :)

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Monday August 25, 2008 · 8:35 AM PDT

2008/08/25 · 08:35

Given the global pervasiveness of homophobia--especially in China--the strength of the Christian rightwing in Australia, and the arguable (but, I think, likely) bias of NBC's cursory coverage of Matthew Mitchell's upset in diving....

I think it is appropriate to E-mail Johnson & Johnson Pacific and thank them for recognizing Mitcham's partner as family, and making it possible for him to be present at the Olympics.

"Reward Good Behavior" is a longstanding motto on dKos, and the philosophy behind many a Call To Action diary. So, give a thanks to J&J.

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Thursday August 21, 2008 · 7:29 AM PDT

2008/08/21 · 07:29

On the Upper West Side (UWS) of Manhattan there are several Democratic clubs. I'm a member of Community Free Democrats (CFD), the home club of Rep. Jerrold "Jerry" Nadler. It's hard for me to see a clear path for the evolution of Manhattan political clubs in the digital age. Sometimes I think they need to consolidate. (Dems don't do consolidation well though, do we? grin) In Manhattan, do they adapt or die? Or is that a false dichotomy? Will they continue to be a tool--relatively unadapted--for the sort of block-by-block, electoral district-by-electoral district, utterly volunteer-based/(exploited sometimes?), petition-weilding, storefront/streetcorner-visibility-enhancing, and essentially Party machine-driven entity that primarily, though not ultimately, expends its energy and time and money on backing particular local Dems against OTHER Dems in Party primaries, and not on backing the nominees against Republicans...because Republicans are so rare on the UWS that the General Election is not a real contest! I think CFD and the local clubs ARE still relevant, but they often do a poor job of explaining and promoting the VERY grassroot (asphalt?) work that they do.

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Tuesday August 05, 2008 · 9:13 AM PDT

2008/08/05 · 09:13

Ever notice when energy prices get high the same oilmen sing (to the tune of "Barbara Ann") "Drill drill drill drill drill Offshore?"

Of course they do that. It works well for them! They get more money and power, and we get to keep them in charge and rich beyond belief. (Exxon's second quarter 2008 profit was $1,485.55 per second). Big Oil isn't America's friend. It's our master. And they want to keep it that way!

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Thursday July 17, 2008 · 6:51 AM PDT

2008/07/17 · 06:51

The Associated Press article, "McCain Hasn’t Ignited the Passions of Evangelicals," offers a glimpse of conservative Christians' rather tepid response in a very Republican region of Iowa to Sen. John McCain's candidacy. Dave Mulder, a retired professor from Northwestern College in Orange City, remarks:

I think people here genuinely believe that George Bush and his Christian faith was very sincere.... People have said that when they talked to him, he took time to let them know how much that Christian belief meant. For McCain, I just don't think there's that same enthusiasm

After the flip: An editorial commentary--and something of a correction to the AP article--from me, who attended Northwestern College:

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Friday June 20, 2008 · 1:22 PM PDT

2008/06/20 · 13:22

Robert Kagan, a policy expert who is advising Sen. John McCain has written an essay on American military interventions and American expansionism throughout our republic's history. (The article is no longer available on the World Affairs website, unfortunately.) His prose is excellent and his examination very interesting. Yet, the essay somewhat oversimplifies American attitudes towards military intervention and expansion to extent American influence and power. Kagan identifies American movements for and against, and suggests that the pendulum of dominant policy and public opinion swings back and forth between them.

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Saturday May 10, 2008 · 6:47 AM PDT

2008/05/10 · 06:47

Stylus in one hand and my Dell PDA in the other, I charged into the awaiting subway car and strode three paces to the rare treat of an empty seat, passing a dark black man in a black jacket nestled knee-to-knee beside what was likely his boyfriend--very fair-skined, blond, goateed, brown leather jacket, silken white shirt, ready with a whisper into the other’s ear. Who knows what was said. I took the seat beside them and continued my digital scribbling. A moment after the train lurched and began accelerating out of the 18th Street station, I looked up to gather my thoughts. If I hadn’t, I’d have missed it.

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Tuesday May 06, 2008 · 8:47 PM PDT

2008/05/06 · 20:47

Well,___ and I got a wee bit carried away tonight, perhaps. I'm a stoic Iowan type, despite the fact that NYC whirls around me like a centrifuge (sp?). ____ lives next to that building that some NYCers may know was crushed utterly by a collapsing crane recently, killing 7 people tragically, unnecessarily, horribly, disgustingly (unchecked development and gentrification and ritzification of Manhattan; vile). Not because that building has fallen, but because ____ has always had a clear view from her terrace of 2nd Ave all along. And from that terrance we mounted an Obama "yard" sign tonight, belatedly, we admit. Let me tell you, it will be seen by 1,000's over the course of any given day from here on out.

Okay, ___ often works for a Hillary supporter (but perhaps secretly a reluctant one), so we keep her name secret.

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Monday March 24, 2008 · 6:19 PM PDT

2008/03/24 · 18:19

Tonight the investigative news program Frontline features the first of the two-part examination, "Bush's War". It draws on the more than 40 reports that Frontline has done on the "war on terror."

It's on right now on many Eastern Time Zone PBS stations.

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Monday March 10, 2008 · 2:06 PM PDT

2008/03/10 · 14:06

Crain's NY Business is reporting that sources in Albany say Lt. Gov. Paterson may be sworn in as NY Gov as early as this evening.

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Thursday March 06, 2008 · 9:59 AM PST

2008/03/06 · 09:59

I was looking back over the report by Professor Ken Sherrill of Hunter College, "Same-Sex Marriage Initiatives and Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Voters in the 2006 Elections," and wondered just what LGB voters represented, potentially, as a demographic potentially providing a margin of victory in an election.

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Wednesday February 27, 2008 · 11:28 AM PST

2008/02/27 · 11:28

In a post on The Huffington Post entitled, "A Religious Landscape Ripe for Revival," Jim Wallis of Sojourners notes the latest Pew survey on religious life seems to indicate that non-denominational churches are growing. He observes that churches offering a personal faith--one that is not deeply doctrinal--are growing. And he believes that such churches include ones offering a "new evangelical agenda." This agenda is one:

focusing on poverty, the environment and climate change, human rights, war and peace, and, yes, the sanctity of human life.... Why pit unborn children against poor children? Rather, let's see them all in the category of the vulnerable that Jesus calls us to defend.

Yes, the agenda sounds good. Read More

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Proposed: perm't sidebar link to a daily WELCOME post

E-mail J&J to thank them - reward good behavior :)

Is my local Democratic club relevant?

"Drill Offshore." Sung to the tune of "Barbara Ann."

Tepid towards McCain in the land of the Dutch Reformed

US Foreign Policy Idealism.

NYC subway car: it took a village--and a diverse one

Our Obama sign is seen by 2nd Ave, NYC

Reminder: Frontline 2nite--"Bush's War" Pt1

Crain's: New NY Gov sworn in 2nite

LGB voters and margin of victory

How progressive is new agenda evangelicalism?