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Friday March 06, 2009 · 1:00 PM PST

2009/03/06 · 13:00

My fantasy: This diary gets picked up on Green Diary Rescue, and from there the ideas seep into wider discussion until someone in the Obama administration comes across the plan and brings it to the boss, who recognizes its simplicity and sheer brilliance, and uses it to save the economy and the planet. What will probably happen: if anyone ever reads this, it will get torn apart as another impractical liberal tax scheme. What I ask of you: consider the ideas based on the economics, not the practical politics of getting such a program passed.

(This diary, which could revolutionize the way we approach energy in America starts ... with ... a ... click ...)

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Wednesday November 19, 2008 · 3:32 AM PST

2008/11/19 · 03:32

It's not about Iraq. Though Joe's support for the Iraq war has been egregious, a lot of other Democrats held similar positions, at least at the outset. (See Clinton, H. - Iraq kept me from voting for her in the primary, but I would have voted for her had she been the nominee.)

It's not about 2006. Though we beat him in the primaries, and he won reelection by inventing a party and pandering to the rudderless Republicans, hey, politics ain't beanbag. He saw an opportunity and the voters of my state gave it to him. Shame on us.

It's not even about 2008. Of course his behavior in the last election was beyond the beyond. But that's who Joe is - and that's because it's about...

Alberto Gonzalez.

Let me explain...

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Thursday October 30, 2008 · 7:39 AM PDT

2008/10/30 · 07:39

Though we've almost made it through a "change" election year, the candidates' schedules tell a familiar tale: Florida. Ohio. Virgina. Missouri. Colorado. Pennsylvania. Florida. Ohio. Virgina. Pennsylvania. Florida. Ohio.

Tradition is great, and the Founding Fathers had their reasons for devising the Electoral College instead of a direct national vote. (How else would slave owners been able to count 3/5 of a vote for each of the human beings they kept in bondage?) As a thought experiment, though, let's imagine a presidential election if the Electoral College were eliminated or made proportional within each state.

Jump with me to an alternative universe...

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Monday September 15, 2008 · 4:11 AM PDT

2008/09/15 · 04:11

Single people know the routine: you meet someone new, and you light up like Christmas Eve. You tell your friends how great the person is. You spend a little time together, and you melt inside. You tell your family, "don't start looking for a reception hall, but I think this might be the one." You spend more time with your special person, and ... realize that there's just no there there.

Swing voters, meet Sarah Palin.

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Sunday August 31, 2008 · 12:46 AM PDT

2008/08/31 · 00:46

If John McCain were elected president, how many homes would we taxpayers need to pay to protect? How many full-time security details? How many no-fly zones? At what price to the neighbors? At what price to us?

A glance at the Wikipedia page for George W. Bush's ranch in Crawford contains this nugget:

The Federal Aviation Administration has three nautical miles (six km) no fly zone around the ranch full time (designated Prohibited Area 49). When President Bush is there, a Temporary Flight Restriction is issued, expanding the radius to 10 nautical miles (19 km), with lesser restrictions extending to 30 nautical miles (56 km), containing some exceptions for Waco Regional Airport nearby.

The questions just keep on coming...

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Tuesday February 20, 2007 · 2:50 AM PST

2007/02/20 · 02:50

My wife's native Romania recently joined the European Union, and we went last week for a family visit. This is a good time of year to fly to Europe, with tickets across the pond easily available for less than $500. But we flew for free, thanks to the 15 year Republican filibuster on healthcare and the associated health industry war on women and family planning.

How to fly to Europe free! after the break...

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Thursday December 14, 2006 · 4:52 AM PST

2006/12/14 · 04:52

All this talk of "doubling down" in Iraq is missing something: we've already doubled and lost.

2740 Americans died in the attacks of September 11.
2937 American soldiers have died in Iraq, as of this writing.

Of course, Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, so it was a bad bet to begin with. And, we've seen to the deaths of tens (in Bushville) or hundreds (in the reality-based world) of thousands of innocent Muslims, in the process of revenge or as collateral damage - so we've much more than doubled the human losses from the initial attack. And, the deaths of American soldiers or Iraqis won't bring back those we lost. And, we're still holding the mother of all losing hands. And, this isn't poker.

Why we still have cold winter days during global warming

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Wednesday December 06, 2006 · 9:47 AM PST

2006/12/06 · 09:47

Every year, wingnuts and oil executives feel the chill of a winter day and say, "See, no global warming here!" Every year, I vow to put together a few simple graphs that will show how dumb their arguments are. Usually I get sidetracked, often by the call of the snow on the mountains. But today is a cold December day, we haven't had any snow yet, and I've taken a little while to crunch some numbers.

The numbers, pretty graphs, and an explanation that even a Republican would have a hard time refuting, are presented in their full glory on my personal blog...

UPDATE: Oh, and apologies to those who have been bothered by the cross-post to my personal blog. I wrote the entry on my own blog, and then thought, "Hey, perhaps some kindred spirits at Kos might like to read this too, so why don't I zap it into my Kos diary." I didn't imagine that it would cause a firestorm of criticism for "pimping." Mea culpa, it won't happen again.

The International View

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Thursday November 09, 2006 · 4:01 AM PST

2006/11/09 · 04:01

I watched the election results coming in online from Geneva, where I have come for a series of meetings at several of the major international humanitarian organizations. In the past few days I have met with health and development experts from all over the world. Their mood was summed up in one word by a child survival specialist I met today: "Euphoria."

The rest of the world does not get to vote in American elections, but the results of our elections matter around the world. More... Read More

Lamont 1, Lieberman 0 - Lord, that was satisfying

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Wednesday October 11, 2006 · 10:33 AM PDT

2006/10/11 · 10:33

I just cast my absentee ballot in the New Haven town clerk's office (having realized that I'll be overseas for election day). Walked in, showed an ID, filled out some paperwork, was handed a real paper ballot, and put a big X in the Lamont square. Walked out, smiling.

Lieberman lost me the day he voted to confirm Alberto Gonzalez. Up until then, I was willing to stick with him as my senator, despite major disagreements, the way my parents-in-law stay together for practical reasons although the passion disappeared decades ago. But the Gonzalez vote was purely gratuitous, a completely unnecessary affirmation of the author of the torture memo. That was the day I decided to file the divorce papers. Lieberman may stand for torture, but I'll be damned if he's going to do it in my name. Read More

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Lamont 1, Lieberman 0 - Lord, that was satisfying