Posting History for LWelsch

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DK development needs improvement I have been a user for 9 years. I remember the update from dk3 to dk4. Sadly the same mistake was made. The mistake was/is that users are doing the debugging. I remember the group frustrati where w	LWelsch	11/11/2015	9	-	-	-
Republicans redesign Daily Kos Republican operatives designed DK-5. They wanted to make certain that liberal ideas could not be seen.	LWelsch	11/08/2015	5	19	-	-
I am a social capitalist I made up the term social capitalist to describe my set of beliefs. I believe good societies provide for all their members. Providing includes food, shelter, healthcare, education and productive ...	LWelsch	10/15/2015	5	3	-	-
Being different There are two reasons George Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin; Trayvon Martin looks different and George Zimmerman is a coward. We are all different from each other. The greater the appearance of ...	LWelsch	07/16/2013	7	3	1	-
What is the next chess move? Not too long ago I read a diary that claimed Pres. Obama was playing chess while the Republicans were playing checkers. Not only was Pres. Obama playing the game, but, he was winning. I jokingly ...	LWelsch	01/13/2013	12	7	-	-
The fallacy of mental health and culture in the gun control discussion I have repeatedly heard two arguments in the national gun control discussion we are having. One is that if we could only keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill then there would be fewer ...	LWelsch	01/10/2013	15	6	2	-
Moving on The next item on the agenda is filibuster reform. The filibuster rule must change. Hopefully Democrats will insist on a rule where a senator must talk in order to filibuster anything. Only if the ...	LWelsch	01/02/2013	1	1	-	-
It is like déjà vu all over again Deal, no deal, or lousy deal? One problem of the giving hostage takers what they want is that the next time hostage takers want something they will take hostages. I wonder when will Pres. Obama ever ...	LWelsch	01/01/2013	12	7	-	-
WTF I watched “Meet the Press” yesterday. David Gregory and all the other pundits with the exception of Doris Kearns Goodwin are damn fools. When one pundit suggested that a salary of $250,000 a ...	LWelsch	12/31/2012	278	315	3	-
Time to be heard Pres. Obama recently asked us to make our voices heard to our elected representatives. I agree with him. Everyone should call their elected representatives as soon as possible. Everyone should send ...	LWelsch	12/21/2012	1	1	-	-
Democrats beware If you vote in favor of any bill with cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, or any program considered part of the social safety net then I will never vote for you. If Pres. Obama should sign ...	LWelsch	12/18/2012	17	5	-	-
Forever searching People who know me consider me to be a liberal’s liberal. Yes I am a progressive; but, I am foremost a liberal. To me being a liberal means that I am always searching for the truth. Being a ...	LWelsch	12/17/2012	1	-	-	-
Nobody wants Nobody wants cuts in government services. Nobody wants increased taxes. Nobody wants to see the debt increase. Nobody wants deficits. Put simply nobody wants to deal with the reality with which we ...	LWelsch	12/12/2012	3	4	-	-
What does XXX want? I often hear pundits say: “what does XXX want?” XXX refers to some group of people such as plutocrats, Latinos, Catholics, union workers, etc. etc. etc. More broadly question is what do people ...	LWelsch	12/10/2012	1	2	1	-
I am back I have been gone from Daily Kos for over a year now.I nearly lost my foot. However I was very fortunate and only lost my heel. I am walking and using my computer now. I got Dragon Naturally speaking ...	LWelsch	12/03/2012	14	27	-	-
Thanksgiving with my conservative brother-in-law My wife loves to cook. I love to argue. We almost always have thanksgiving with my brother and sister in law. My brother in law is ultra conservative and we always find something to argue about. ...	LWelsch	11/28/2011	8	7	-	203
Forget money This is not a quibble about whether or not money is important; money is important. Goods and services are more important. The inequitable distribution of goods and services is a serious problem that ...	LWelsch	11/22/2011	2	1	-	24
Fair taxation I got a phone call yesterday from a group taking a survey, actually an automated survey. I hate automated phone calls. If I get another from "Rachel of card holder services" I think I will sue for ...	LWelsch	11/18/2011	5	-	-	37
Occupy Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade I am a fan of the Occupy Wall Street petitioners. I am not a participant. Medical reasons keep me from participating. But, I am pissed. Ministry of Truth speaks the truth and he is right about OWS ...	LWelsch	11/15/2011	47	9	-	154
A fool's paradise? As I read the New York Times article New Austerity Incites a Bitterness the Postwar Generation Did Without I came across the following Now, the point of departure is ...	LWelsch	11/14/2011	2	2	-	39
More brinkmanship with a government shutdown coming soon I remember a diary I wrote not long ago End of September there is yet another ...	LWelsch	11/02/2011	4	-	-	60
Looking Backward	LWelsch	10/31/2011	2	1	-	21
Won't you please come to chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel reminds me of Mayor Daley - not the last one. So interesting that a Daley replaced Rahm as chief of staff.	LWelsch	10/26/2011	2	4	-	51
Does a candidate’s faith matter? Robert Jeffress wrote the op-ed Why a candidate’s faith matters ...	LWelsch	10/20/2011	23	5	1	85
Ya gotta Love Michael Bloomberg - courtesy of SNL	LWelsch	10/16/2011	8	12	-	220
Power to the People Occupy Wall Street brings back memories. This oldie but goodie captures the mood I see at OWS.	LWelsch	10/11/2011	6	3	-	27
How can we use OWS to elect more and better democrats? Some republicans used the Tea Party to elect what they considered to be more and better republicans. OWS and Tea Party members (not leaders) have they same complaints. They feel like they are being ...	LWelsch	10/08/2011	89	7	1	221
Stop Children What's That Sound Paul Krugman's column Confronting the Malefactors starts with "There’s something ...	LWelsch	10/06/2011	7	29	-	197
I am mad as hell and I am not going to take it any more As I listen to the media I keep hearing this need to boil down "occupy wall street" to a simple 30 second sound bite. I also hear this need for the "occupiers" to solve all the problems in 30 ...	LWelsch	10/01/2011	7	11	-	67
Inflation should be a concern BUT , and this is a big but, unless we deal with both the underlying needs of people and the underlying causes of inflation simultaneously we will enter a period of stagflation that will cause ...	LWelsch	09/30/2011	18	-	-	66
The MSM is EFFing Democrats yet again I am pissed at the "so called liberal" Washington Post. There is a fight going on in congress and the Washington Post reports all political fights. ...	LWelsch	09/24/2011	9	6	-	110
Government shutdown looms again I raised this ugly issue in my diary End of September there is yet another ...	LWelsch	09/22/2011	5	3	-	50
"part of a pattern of fits and starts?" The closing paragraph of Charles Blow's op-...	LWelsch	09/10/2011	3	2	-	52
A quick note to Markos "kos" Moulitsas I too loved your tie on Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Now that you appear regularly on the show, I look forward to seeing you and more important listening to what you have to say. Your points are ...	LWelsch	09/08/2011	26	4	-	397
Jobs - The worst scenario Tonight is the night of the big speech. The bets are the proposal will be somewhere between three hundred to four hundred billion dollars. A good deal of money will be for extending unemployment ...	LWelsch	09/08/2011	3	1	-	52
Is the democratic party self immolating? I am frightened of the republicans. Never in the sixty plus years of my life have I seen such a destructive party. 9/11 changed everything. Most profoundly 9/11 changed the republican party. The ...	LWelsch	09/04/2011	25	7	1	172
Without Short Term Stimulus Global Economy Will Go Over The Precipice The following Real News Network video explains why better than any other explanation I have seen. Watch and learn.	LWelsch	09/03/2011	7	8	1	60
"Why does a candidate’s religion matter?" Colbert I. King asks the question Why does a candidate’s religion matter?	LWelsch	09/03/2011	47	8	-	138
What are President Obama's strategy and tactics Please tell me what President Obama's strategy and tactics are to provide the change we are all hoping for? I sure as hell do not have the vaguest idea of what is going on. Austerity makes ...	LWelsch	09/02/2011	15	4	-	87
YACI - Yet Another Cave In Time for a new acronym. YACI - Yet Another Cave In fits the bill. But what President Obama just did goes beyond YACI and falls into YAVI - Yet Another Village Idiot realm. I mean really, how can one ...	LWelsch	09/01/2011	8	-	-	78
On the meaning of being Christian As a child I remember going to the YMCA. My father told me that if I was asked what religion I was that I should say Christian . At that time my parents practiced the religion of the Sunday ...	LWelsch	08/29/2011	44	3	-	147
Consistent republican message As I watched clips of the debate, clips of republicans in Iowa and clips of Governor Rick Perry; I heard a consistent republican message that jobs will be created by cutting the deficit through ...	LWelsch	08/14/2011	5	2	-	52
Where have all the jobs gone? Where have all the jobs gone? Long time passing Where have all the jobs gone? Long time ago Where have all the jobs gone? Corporationsl have killed them every one When will they ever ...	LWelsch	08/12/2011	10	6	-	57
I remember the demonstrations and riots of sixties My neighbor's store was burned to the ground. There was smoke in the air and the smoke did not come from the steel mills. Demonstrators in Washington DC were rounded up in buses and then the buses ...	LWelsch	08/10/2011	5	2	-	52
I am a social capitalist - I mean a capital socialist I believe neither socialism nor capitalism are ideal, but a mix of both will benefit society better than strictly one or the other. I will only address the issue of the "means of production." In a ...	LWelsch	08/09/2011	3	1	-	28
It is productivity - stupid Part of the underlying understanding of economics is the belief that in a capitalistic society people will behave rationally. Unfortunately people do not behave rationally. People do not minimize ...	LWelsch	08/08/2011	3	2	1	47
Nothing happened to Obama To echo teacherken and ej25 read Drew Westen's article What Happened to ...	LWelsch	08/07/2011	46	10	1	255
Killer Mike - "Burn" Listen to this carefully. This is not just the truth for African Americans, ...	LWelsch	08/05/2011	3	3	-	42
On being wrong More important than being right is how one deals with being wrong. Very successful intelligent people are seldom wrong. Yes they do make mistakes like not seeing a speed limit sign hidden by bushes, ...	LWelsch	08/05/2011	34	6	1	119
Jobs - The winning republican message of 2012 Unemployment is higher today than when President Obama won the election in 2008, than when President Obama took office in 2009 or the stimulus package was passed later that year. Yes the velocity of ...	LWelsch	08/04/2011	37	6	-	115
End of September there is yet another hostage Friday September 30th unless there is a budget or a continuing resolution the government will shutdown. Unlike the rest of the universe the Federal year for the budget starts October 1 and ends ...	LWelsch	08/02/2011	12	1	-	96
Default is the lesser evil The main reason everyone has been saying default is so bad is that the US will lose its triple A bond rating. No one knows that and now there are rumblings that the US will triple A bond rating ...	LWelsch	08/01/2011	9	1	-	53
Politics is not the problem Recently I have seen articles, diaries, videos, comments, TV pundits, and on and on blaming "politics" for the debt ceiling crisis. The alternative to politics is dictatorship. Arguments, open ...	LWelsch	07/31/2011	5	-	-	27
NY Times flubs O'Keefe profile We all should remember James O'Keefe of Acorn fame. The New York Times Sunday ...	LWelsch	07/31/2011	9	6	-	136
The law is the law Back when Richard Milhous Nixon was president, then President Nixon attempted not to spend money that the law said he should spend, in effect attempting a line item veto. There was a law suit that ...	LWelsch	07/27/2011	16	2	-	96
"Washington’s Rogue Elephants" I learned a lot today about real elephants in the New York Times op-ed Washington’s Rogue Elephants . .	LWelsch	07/27/2011	6	4	-	38
A suggestion regarding HR I cannot remember the last time I gave an HR rating. I read a whole lot of diaries and comment on those diaries. I hate when I see a "tip jar" or other comment receive an HR rating and I always ...	LWelsch	07/26/2011	21	6	-	150
Below is what will kill Obama's reelection chances Okay this is a Mitt Romney advertisement, but watch it. No matter who runs ...	LWelsch	07/25/2011	55	6	-	281
A simple message of "I will not vote for you." Yesterday I sent a simple message to my representative, my two senators, and President Obama. The message was "If you vote for or sign into law any bill that cuts spending on social security, ...	LWelsch	07/23/2011	19	13	-	128
". . . Hello, third party" The full article's title is What happens to ...	LWelsch	07/22/2011	30	8	1	152
How much worse? The economy is going to get worse before there is change. How fast and how much worse are questions yet to be answered. Right now there appear to be two options. Option one is default. Default is a ...	LWelsch	07/21/2011	10	2	-	73
Just got a call from an Obama fund raiser I told the fund raiser that I was annoyed that President Obama was not addressing the unemployment problem and that he allowed the country to be taken hostage without using the bully pulpit to state ...	LWelsch	07/13/2011	56	5	-	305
The success of Ronald Reagan or How the Reagan Legacy Doomed the World Ronald Reagan is a hero for conservatives and reactionaries. Over time the policies he enacted have shown great success. Let us start with social programs. Reagan hated social programs including ...	LWelsch	07/10/2011	10	4	-	78
Unemployment rises once again Unemployment continues to worsen. In Job Growth Falters Badly, Clouding ...	LWelsch	07/08/2011	6	7	-	49
Is President Obama channeling Herbert Hoover? This may sound like a weird question. Yet as I read Paul Krugman's op-ed What Obama Wants I couldn't help but ask ...	LWelsch	07/08/2011	13	5	-	59
"because that's where the money is" When asked by Mitch Ohnstad why he robbed banks Willy Sutton replied "...	LWelsch	07/05/2011	72	25	1	214
Interdependence The time has come to move from celebrating independence to recognizing our interdependence. With a few exceptions humans have always depended on each other. Yes I will grant you the occasional ...	LWelsch	07/04/2011	2	1	-	14
UPDATED: Should a History of Mental Illness prevent one from owning a gun? The article Some With Histories of Mental Illness Petition to Get Their Gun Rights Back describes how a man ...	LWelsch	07/03/2011	194	8	-	396
Dear President Obama, I watched the news conference yesterday. I was deeply disappointed. You talk of shared sacrifice. Who is sharing the sacrifice of the unemployed who lost their jobs due to poor decisions by bankers. ...	LWelsch	06/30/2011	32	16	1	138
EFF Shared Sacrifice Since when is sacrifice payhing your taxes. To me sacrifice means losing one's health food or shelter. So now let's talk social security. Social security is paid up in full with lots of money saved ...	LWelsch	06/29/2011	3	3	-	36
Bristol Palin was raped - Updated After reading Is Bristol Palin’s new memoir ...	LWelsch	06/26/2011	130	7	1	807
Why is Firefox becoming incompatible with toolbars from other applications? I first noticed a problem when I installed Firefox 4.0. The Norton toolbar no longer worked and neither did the Norton identity safe. Norton told me they would fix the problem. Now I downloaded and ...	LWelsch	06/22/2011	42	13	-	302
Slow Death vs. Fast Death I remember in the late sixties and early seventies how I and many of my friends worried about going and dying in Vietnam. Nuclear war was ever present in our minds. We all remembered the Cuban ...	LWelsch	06/20/2011	8	4	-	84
While history never repeats itself there are similarities to what is happening now in Europe and the United States to what happened prior to WW II. First lets take a look at Europe. Prior to WW II the Germans had a huge deficit, in ...	LWelsch	06/17/2011	6	1	-	36
Liberalism is not a failure, nor has it succeeded I just finished reading a great diary titled The Failure of Liberalism . I disagree vehemently ...	LWelsch	06/10/2011	9	2	-	51
I am deeply disappointed in Representative Wiener I believe Representative Wiener is a highly intelligent and articulate man. I found him to be an excellent spokesman for many of my beliefs. Should he resign? I answer with a definite no. Should ...	LWelsch	06/07/2011	39	2	-	147
The economy is going to get much worse Yesterday President Obama was talking about how the government saved the automobile industry as fewer jobs were created than necessary to keep up with the number of people entering the workforce. ...	LWelsch	06/04/2011	45	8	1	216
Death of Osama bin Laden - First and Final Thoughts Noam Chomsky and Michael Moore have both expressed opinions that killing Osama bin Laden was wrong and violated Pakistan's sovereignty. I wish Osama bin Laden had be brought to trial and sentenced ...	LWelsch	05/25/2011	7	1	-	50
KosAbility: Celiac Disease I feel fortunate to talk about Celiac Disease in the month of May as May is Celiac awareness month. KosAbility is a community diary series posted at 5 PM ET every Sunday and Wednesday ...	LWelsch	05/22/2011	111	56	2	304
The harm of the renewable energy myth Okay folks, there is no such thing as renewable energy and to somehow think there is, does more harm than good. Global warming is caused by carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere. Doesn't ...	LWelsch	05/10/2011	46	4	-	184
The BIG Picture I wish there was a BIG picture, some sort of jigsaw puzzle that we could piece together and then all would be right in the world. There are lots of pieces and the pieces are all interconnected,	LWelsch	05/03/2011	4	3	-	80
Prejudice Yesterday teacherken wrote an excellent diary on Hatred . I agree that hatred is terrible. While I do not curse at other drivers ...	LWelsch	05/01/2011	3	2	-	65
Tornadoes and the Budget Somebody needs to point out that republicans and yes republicans from the states most impacted by the tornadoes want to cut funds for the agency that is providing relief from the devastation from ...	LWelsch	04/30/2011	6	8	-	53
"Free Bradley Manning" In Free Bradley Manning by William Rivers Pitt in Truthout , Pitt argues that if Manning ...	LWelsch	04/27/2011	20	7	-	79
Curiosity killed the cat Okay, I love cats and I sincerely believe they have nine lives. Without those lives curiosity would have killed them all. Now I am curious about mojo and the recommended diary list. Kos posted a ...	LWelsch	04/26/2011	21	5	1	165
Bob Herbert on GRITtv I am a BIG Bob Herbert fan. Below is a video of him talking to Laura Flanders.	LWelsch	04/22/2011	12	13	-	103
To hell with the "middle class" In the community spotlight I saw the diary titled The Path to a Restoration of the Middle ...	LWelsch	04/20/2011	6	8	-	105
The economy is going to get ya, if you don't watch out. Chinese inflation and US bond ratings will have an impact on our economy and the economies of many nations of the world. The result will be to slightly accelerate the fall into a Greater ...	LWelsch	04/19/2011	2	3	-	40
President Obama gave a barn burner of a speech in Chicago Watch below. I could not find a transcript.	LWelsch	04/16/2011	18	22	1	263
Beautiful Words - Lousy Proposal The President's speech yesterday hit the ball out of the park. There should be no question about that. He did a fantastic job addressing the problem of the budget. The New York Times ...	LWelsch	04/14/2011	21	14	-	146
Going from deficit to surplus is easy I have written many diaries in 2010 on this subject. There are two parts to ending the deficit. The first is to revive the economy and the second is to reduce costs and increase taxes. They are not ...	LWelsch	04/12/2011	10	8	-	60
President Obama is "Killing Me Softly with His Song" As I was reading Eugene Robinson's op-ed In budget wars, the GOP demands ...	LWelsch	04/12/2011	10	2	-	60
Right-Wing Republican Bullies Robert Reich in Why the Right-Wing Bullies Will Hold The Nation Hostage Again and Again properly writes: I hope the President decides he has to take a stand, and the ...	LWelsch	04/10/2011	2	2	-	44
The truth about the original Tea Party Like many I thought the original Tea Party was about the British raising taxes on tea. Today I learned that the real Tea Party was about what we commonly call corporatism. Contrary to my belief and ...	LWelsch	04/08/2011	10	19	1	135
The Republican budget if enacted will result in death for Americans When health care reform was being debated republicans made a big stink about "death panels," though nothing of the kind was in the bill or in the law. If the republican budget is enacted then many ...	LWelsch	04/05/2011	7	6	-	48
Olbermann on Unions The following is Keith Olberman's speech on Unions.	LWelsch	04/02/2011	6	18	1	226
Dancing with the Stars Trumps the President I found the story Before Libya, White House Must Negotiate ...	LWelsch	03/29/2011	14	-	-	49
Fired for being Wiccan Every once in while I read a news story that reports on an event that is so outrageous as to boil my blood. Such ...	LWelsch	03/29/2011	26	12	-	240
I no longer love DailyKos like I used to Yes, I love DailyKos. The interaction here is better than at any other web site and I like the ambiance of the site. And yet as the Temptations put it in the song my love ...	LWelsch	03/23/2011	57	24	-	508
"America's True Crisis: Zero Vision, Zero Leadership" I wish the title of this diary was mine. The title belongs to Jim Hightower and an article he wrote that I read on ...	LWelsch	03/17/2011	111	138	7	880

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