Call Harry Reid! 202-224-3542

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Thursday January 24, 2013 · 5:55 AM PST

2013/01/24 · 05:55

Demand meaningful filibuster reform. I just did. We need to flood his office with calls NOW. Thank you.

What I'd like to hear in 4 years

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Saturday November 10, 2012 · 4:44 AM PST

2012/11/10 · 04:44

In four years, after the following things HAVE occurred: ending our involvement in Afghanistan, millions of more Americans having access to healthcare, economy in much better shape, improvement to our infrastructure, some meaningful progress on climate change;

and the following things have NOT occurred: a communist/socialist economic system, takeover by the UN, confiscation of everyone's guns, FEMA concentration camps, loss of freedom to practice religion or criticize the government, death panels, imposition of Sharia law, destruction of our way of life--

I'd like to hear an acknowledgment from those who were predicting such things that they were wrong. An apology to Obama and everyone who voted for him would be even better, but I'd settle for a simple acknowledgement.

Hilarious "binder" reviews on Amazon

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Thursday October 18, 2012 · 11:14 AM PDT

2012/10/18 · 11:14

Check out these hilarious reviews of a binder on Amazon, similar to the reviews of the Bic pen for women recently:
[http://www.amazon.com/...]

"This is the U.S. Government calling."

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Thursday May 15, 2008 · 2:42 PM PDT

2008/05/15 · 14:42

I'm steaming. I received a call around 5 this afternoon. The woman on the other end said "This is the U.S. Government calling. We want to speak with young adults age 16-24 about their career plans. Are there any people in your household that age?" I said there were three. She said, "How many are males?" I said two were. She said, "Could I speak with the youngest?" I asked again who she was. She repeated that she was with the U.S. Government and wanted to find out the education and career plans of young adults. We get phone surveys all the time, and I thought this sounded harmless, in fact a laudable development if this Administration was actually paying attention to what its citizens were thinking, so I went and got my sixteen year old, who happened to be the only one of the three home.

More below the jump.

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Sunday May 04, 2008 · 11:53 AM PDT

2008/05/04 · 11:53

I have read a number of posts, on this site and elsewhere, attributing the different response of some people to the pronouncements of Rev. Wright on the one hand, and of the Revs. Falwell, Hagee, Robertson etc. on the other, to the race of the preachers. The point being made is that it's more acceptable for a white minister to make derogatory comments about certain groups of people, and to say that God is punishing America for various sins, than it is for a black minister to make such comments. I'm certainly prepared to believe that race is a factor. But I think a bigger factor is whose ox is getting gored.

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Saturday April 19, 2008 · 11:21 AM PDT

2008/04/19 · 11:21

I was at Obama's Wynnewood, PA rally today, his first stop (after Philadelphia last night) on his train tour across the state. It was a beautiful day--low 80s--and the diversity and tangible hope in the crowd was truly inspiring. Obama was introduced by our Democratic Senator, Bob Casey. Obama spoke with passion and conviction about the need to create both a new kind of government in America, one that listens to the concerns of ordinary citizens, and a new kind of politics, that searches for solutions rather than playing gotcha and tit-for-tat. He pointed out that Hillary's pitch was essentially that we should elect her because she had more experience playing the old kind of politics. As I left the rally, a friend said to me, "Do you think he can really bring about this kind of change?" In thinking about her question afterward, I am forced to say I don't know for sure. But I do know that no fundamental change will occur unless we, and the leaders we elect, are committed to working for it. And that gets Obama my vote.

Update [2008-4-19 15:47:37 by frazer]: Own, in the comments below, gives the crowd size as 6,000. Thanks for the info!

The issue that dare not speak its name

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Tuesday January 29, 2008 · 10:41 AM PST

2008/01/29 · 10:41

This is my first diary, so here goes (clears throat). A number of vitally important issues in this election are demanding, and receiving, appropriate attention. My personal list includes global warming, the war in Iraq, the health care crisis, and the economy. But there is one issue I have heard virtually nothing about in this election cycle, and our failure to resolve it underlies so many of our other problems: campaign finance reform. The voices and concerns of the vast majority of us are simply not getting represented in our current system, because they are being drowned out by the monetarily-enhanced voices of those who are able to make large campaign contributions. Waste and fraud in Iraq? Halliburton. Unregulated violence by private mercenaries stirring up hatred against us in Iraq? Blackwater. Continued reliance on fossil fuels instead of a serious commitment to renewable ones, resulting in environmental degradation and vulnerability to the vicissitudes of Middle Eastern politics? The fossil fuels industry. A health care delivery system that results in thousands of unnecessary deaths and untold suffering each year? The health insurance and pharmaceutical industries.

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Call Harry Reid! 202-224-3542

What I'd like to hear in 4 years

Hilarious "binder" reviews on Amazon

"This is the U.S. Government calling."

sins of the preachers

Obama in Wynnewood, PA today

The issue that dare not speak its name