Class war is hell

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Monday September 19, 2011 · 12:48 PM PDT

2011/09/19 · 12:48

War is hell. I'm here to tell you. I've seen it. I was one of the lucky ones, though: I lived through it and came out the other side.

Sure, I was damaged - all of us super-rich banker types were - but most of us vets have managed to pull ourselves together and maintain some shred of dignity. It's not easy, though - sometimes I still wake up screaming in the middle of the night, soaked in sweat. It scares the bejesus out of my wife.

"You were screaming again," she'll tell me.

"What did I say?"

"It was something like, 'Marginal tax rate, incoming!!' And then I think you shouted, 'We're down to our last 9 percent!' "

"I'm so sorry, snookums," I'll say. "It's just that sometimes the dreams get so bad . . . "

"It's OK, dear, it's OK," she'll say, and stroke my quaking hands. "And then you yelled, 'Union thugs, inside the wire!' and you shot bolt upright. My god, I had to pry the Bloomberg terminal out of your hands, you were clutching it so tight. You wouldn't let it go."

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Friday September 02, 2011 · 10:11 PM PDT

2011/09/02 · 22:11

Bob Iritano died Thursday. He had cancer. He was 51 years old.

And the reason Bob Iritano died this particular Thursday - instead of another Thursday, say, a year or two from this past Thursday - was because some corporate bureaucrats - some death panel - at Health Net decided several more months of Bob Iritano's life wasn't worth $20,000.

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Wednesday July 13, 2011 · 1:48 PM PDT

2011/07/13 · 13:48

"We've tried elections. Nothing has worked."
-- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell,
R-Kentucky, July 13, 2011

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Since elections don't work, what ideas to ensure proper governance would you suggest to Mitch McConnell and the Republican leadership?

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Since elections don't work, what ideas to ensure proper governance would you suggest to Mitch McConnell and the Republican leadership?

bread and circuses

1 vote

Panera and “Dancing with the Stars”

0 votes

a whip and a chair

1 vote

thin gruel, carefully doled out

0 votes

Milk-Bones® - but only for good behavior

1 vote

continued beatings until morale improves

8 votes

REALLY enhanced interrogation

0 votes

Bachmann and Palin speeches, played on an endless loop

1 vote

Marcus Bachmann praying the gay away on an endless loop

7 votes

Ouija® board

2 votes

Magic 8 Ball

2 votes

honey badger - he don't care; he don't give a s#!t

4 votes

3.14159

10 votes

The South, rising again: Confederate California

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Tuesday July 12, 2011 · 3:55 PM PDT

2011/07/12 · 15:55

Hey - this gives me an idea . . .

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Which new states' rights should be added for the New South?

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Which new states' rights should be added for the New South?

The right to keep a bare front lawn, complete with cars on cinder blocks

8 votes

The right to peaceably cook meth

19 votes

Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of Fox News, or of the right to say, "nookyoolur"

4 votes

A well-regulated dentitia not being necessary to the gustation of a free state, the right of the people to a tooth-free jawline shall not be infringed

4 votes

The Founders had to compromise on three-fifths of a person - we don't

9 votes

The right of the people to be secure in their Medicare-subsidized scooters shall not be violated

11 votes

Life, liberty and the pursuit of pie

6 votes

Netroots Nation: Why you want me on your Pub Quiz team

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Friday June 10, 2011 · 7:53 AM PDT

2011/06/10 · 07:53

- erm, I mean, your Chairman's Quiz team . . .

See, while I have had the honor and privilege of having served on three different Pub Quiz teams in my five trips to YearlyKos/Netroots Nation, so far this year I have not succeeded in attracting any suitors interested in securing my services for Adam B's unique and über-wonky battle of wits.

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Wednesday June 01, 2011 · 2:14 PM PDT

2011/06/01 · 14:14

Used to be, a circus traveled in a huge caravan, filling the road with a score of gigantic wagons, each carrying some breathtaking must-see attraction guaranteed to wow the folks in Ames and Gaithersburg and Muncie, the sides of each van garishly painted with the name of the traveling menagerie and a depiction of what heart-stopping thrills lay in store for those lucky enough to buy their way into the coveted enclave under the big top.

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Monday May 30, 2011 · 9:03 PM PDT

2011/05/30 · 21:03

And is she a millionaire thug union member?

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Wednesday April 27, 2011 · 2:49 PM PDT

2011/04/27 · 14:49

He hasn't proven otherwise.

Fact: Trump had three (relatively) long-term relationships with women.

Even he has admitted this.

It is only when that fact is taken in context with another fact that the questions inevitably arise:

Fact: Trump has never proven he is not a woman himself.

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Wednesday April 06, 2011 · 1:13 PM PDT

2011/04/06 · 13:13

- or,

Oprah throws a Tea Party!

" - and YOU get a unicorn, and YOU get a unicorn, and YOU get a unicorn - !!"

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Tuesday March 29, 2011 · 3:43 PM PDT

2011/03/29 · 15:43

Okay, so we're up at my sister's house this past Christmas, and somebody says we just have to play this Wii game they've got called Just Dance. It's sorta like dance karaoke: there's a list of songs to pick from, and each song has a video of a choreographed dancer to accompany the music. The object is to mimic the video dancer's moves as closely as possible; the more precisely you duplicate the moves, the higher your score.

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Wednesday March 09, 2011 · 12:35 PM PST

2011/03/09 · 12:35

My head is spinning. I can't figure out now if Teh Gayz are actually the most America-Lovin of all America-Lovers, or if the Sanctity of Marriage is actually undermining The Greatest Country On Earth, or -

I mean, I think I know now what John F. Kennedy was hinting at (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) when he told us not to ask what our country could do for us, but what we could do for our (wink) "country" (say no more, say no more).

I guess Marilyn Monroe found out that that was - unbeknownst to everyone at the time - the

Best. Pick-up Line. EVER.

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DK4: Can someone PLEASE fix this? Please?

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Saturday March 05, 2011 · 10:34 AM PST

2011/03/05 · 10:34

I'm usually not a whiner (although my wife might tell you differently), and certainly I'm not a meta-whiner here on the Great ~~Orange~~ ~~Rust~~ Whatever-This-Color-Is Satan, but I do have one complaint that is close to driving me to distraction.

I can't imagine no one else has commented on this, but whatever.

Here's my beef - well, my biggest beef - with DK4:

When editing a diary (and, I would guess, a really long comment, although I haven't yet done that), any time you create a link or format some text by selecting (highlighting) that text and then using one of the formatting buttons below the text box, as soon as you apply the formatting, the text box jumps to the top of the text body, and you have to scroll back down to find the spot where you were when you applied the formatting.

In even a moderate-length diary, this is irritating; in a really long diary I fear it could lead to laptop abuse.

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Class war is hell

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Mitch McConnell hates you for your freedoms

The South, rising again: Confederate California

Netroots Nation: Why you want me on your Pub Quiz team

Cirque du Sarah: Palin-whipping the submissive lamestream media

Teacher calms kids during shootout. But - how were their test scores?

Is Trump a lesbian?

GOP proposes 'LEVENTY BAJILLION DOLLARS in cuts - plus UNICORNS!!

Teacher evaluation: Can't act. Can't sing. Balding. Can dance a little.

What - you're still married? WHY DO YOU HATE AMERICA?!?

DK4: Can someone PLEASE fix this? Please?