Posting History for LWelsch

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Growing Leaderless Revolution in America Not that long ago I wrote the diary A different concern about Egypt and ...	LWelsch	02/14/2011	29	14	-	205
Where is Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr.? Hubert Humphrey was selected as LBJ's vice president in 64 and ran for president in 68. Despite the Chicago convention, the anti-war blame on LBJ, and Humphrey's effort's not to criticize LBJ; he ...	LWelsch	08/18/2007	28	2	-	-
The Chris Mathews Show and Kent State Some times on Sunday I watch The Chris Mathews Show . Last Sunday he had a long segment starting with ". . . it was 40 years ago this ...	LWelsch	05/05/2010	28	11	-	23
Losing the November election Despite the utter stupidity of republicans we democrats are in danger of losing November's election. By losing, I mean republicans will gain at least one seat in congress. There is a possibility ...	LWelsch	08/05/2010	28	5	-	19
What are entitlements? I keep hearing the word entitlements used in the pejorative. Why? The answer is simple, republicans have changed the meaning of the word.	LWelsch	12/21/2010	28	3	1	93
The Future is not a Game to Win As I watched the president's Weekly ...	LWelsch	01/29/2011	28	17	1	61
I thought groups would be good During the beta I thought groups would be a great addition to DKos. I am learning that there are too damn many groups. I have not yet seen an ass wipe group, but I bet one exists. The trouble is the ...	LWelsch	02/19/2011	28	8	-	186
Has Change Come to Washington? blackwaterdog has written an excellent diary titled Change HAS come to Washington . Everything ...	LWelsch	08/28/2010	27	11	-	30
Only if we democrats win big is there a chance of avoiding catastrophe Why do I say a chance of avoiding catastrophe? I say that because only with a big democratic win, meaning more house seats and a greater than sixty-two seat majority in the Senate, will the ...	LWelsch	09/19/2010	27	9	1	30
I watched the news today oh boy Senate Republicans Defeat Reauthorization Of Jobless Aid, Tax ...	LWelsch	12/04/2010	27	2	-	29
Racism and Sexism Problems When Geraldine Ferraro said "If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position," she was correct. By the same troken if Hillary was a white man she would not be in this position either.	LWelsch	05/11/2008	26	1	-	-
Social Security I am yet again hearing about plans to fix social security. There is nothing wrong with social security that needs fixing. There is plenty wrong with the budget, Medicare, Medicaid, the VA, .	LWelsch	02/23/2009	26	4	-	9
Climate Change The New York Times has an article entitled Scientists Taking Steps to Defend Work on Climate . Those who ...	LWelsch	03/03/2010	26	11	-	16
It's All Over Now Baby Blue - Bob Dylan It's All Over Now, Baby Blue ...	LWelsch	03/11/2011	26	2	-	167
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
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
Edmund G. Brown Jr. for Supreme Court Justice OK, I know he is on nobody's list for the Supreme Court. For starters he is probably too old and too liberal. But I cannot help but think of how all the recent appointments have been appellate court ...	LWelsch	04/11/2010	25	3	-	26
Schizophrenia Sometimes I see something so profound on the web that I feel I must bring it to the attention of others. The New York Times health section has what to me is a profoundly serious feature ...	LWelsch	09/16/2010	25	26	-	37
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
Truthout Town Meeting - RIP	LWelsch	09/23/2006	24	2	-	3
Fighting Terrorism at its Roots	LWelsch	09/27/2006	24	-	2	1
Unless we change the world, terrorism will get us Over spring break my daughter took a trip with her friend to New York City. She stayed in an inexpensive (by New York standards) hotel in Times square. She ate in Times square. She saw a play not ...	LWelsch	05/02/2010	24	4	-	16
The $#*! has yet to hit the fan Some may argue Hell No the shit has hit the fan. I will respond just wait a year. Yes this is another doom and gloom diary. The real problem is the economy, both the US and the world economy ...	LWelsch	11/14/2010	24	17	-	54
The Abyss - or the Black Hole Yesterday I posted a long comment in teacherken's diary Moral Priorities . The comment was on how the lack of ...	LWelsch	11/25/2010	24	12	-	61
The Importance of REAL Democrats Democratic candidates lost big in Virginia, lost in New York City and lost in New Jersey. Okay there was a weird race in upstate New York that a Democratic candidate won, but the "conservative" was ...	LWelsch	11/04/2009	23	2	-	124
The Information Technology Revolution The US and the world have to change due to the information revolution. There have been several information revolutions and they all have had profound impacts on the world. Paper and the printing ...	LWelsch	12/09/2010	23	17	-	237
Giving up hope I predicted that unemployment would lessen in December. I was right, but not for the reason I thought. Yeah a 102 thousand jobs were added. But that was less than one third of the reason ...	LWelsch	01/08/2011	23	15	1	111
I am very proud of my County today I learned that non-whites are now a majority in Montgomery County Maryland. See the ...	LWelsch	02/10/2011	23	16	-	137
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
The Confederacy - Fear, Slavery and the Tea Party I am a northerner. I was born in upstate New York in Niskayuna. My mother was born in Pittsfield Massachusetts and while my father was born in Munich Germany, he was brought up in Manhattan. Yeah I ...	LWelsch	04/18/2010	22	8	-	31
A different concern about Egypt and Tunisia The media and here at DailyKos many people have raised excellent concerns about what is happening in the Middle East. The following three factors have played important roles, poor economic conditions,	LWelsch	01/31/2011	22	3	-	68
I am against the Senate Bill LaFeminista in "Shut Up You Stupid Woman" and slinkerwink ...	LWelsch	12/20/2009	21	2	-	43
Hope has morphed into widespread gloom The last two paragraphs of Bob Herbert's op-ed column Fire and Imagination column are: Now, with so ...	LWelsch	08/14/2010	21	6	-	28
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
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
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
Republican Weekly Address to the Nation I did not realize that republicans had a weekly address to the nation until I read ...	LWelsch	01/02/2011	20	-	-	77
Tonight is the Night Tonight is President Obama's opportunity to present the State of the Union to the nation. Will he admit the the nation is suffering from two afflictions, high unemployment and a high deficit? ...	LWelsch	01/25/2011	20	-	-	68
"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
"Don't Have the Votes" nonsense I hear all the time X or Y cannot be done because we don't have the votes. For some reasons this does not stop republicans. Well this should not stop Democrats either.	LWelsch	07/26/2007	19	1	1	7
Not a Dime's Worth of Difference When looking at Hillary Clinton's and Barack Obama's policies, there is very little difference between them. Both have highly similar economic policies, health plan policies, and military policies ...	LWelsch	04/18/2008	19	1	-	1
A sharp left turn In 2008 democrats had a huge win. They won the House and Senate with large some say super majorities. Democrats won the presidency. These wins were for change from the right wing of American politics.	LWelsch	01/20/2010	19	6	-	12
Groups I would like to see on the new DK or DK4 I have been trying out DK4. The improvements are fantastic. I particularly like the concept of groups. I recommend changing the name “groups” to “communities.” Below the ...	LWelsch	12/19/2010	19	10	-	36
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
When is something not what it seems? When it is produced by Hillary Clinton. English teachers in high school love hidden meanings. They spent so dam much time looking for hidden meanings and symbolism I used to wonder if they missed ...	LWelsch	07/03/2007	18	-	-	4
Yes they did die in vain I remember the Vietnam War well. I remember coming home from the student union to find my mother crying because I was number 25 in the lottery. I remember Reagan giving people the finger from that ...	LWelsch	07/29/2007	18	26	2	14
Demographics Yesterday I read the diary Daily Kos Demographics: White. Over 50. Well-off. Male. UPDATED . There were over 2000 comments. I have ...	LWelsch	08/21/2010	18	5	2	32
"there will be blood sooner or later" So says Professor Paul Krugman in today's op-ed There Will Be Blood . I have been predicting for some time that ...	LWelsch	11/22/2010	18	16	-	118
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
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
Why is President Bush in Denial?	LWelsch	10/16/2006	17	1	-	-
No Middle Ground in War One thing that people fail to realize is that there is no middle ground in war. You can either fight with all resources available or exit as quickly as possible. There is no in between point. I ...	LWelsch	06/28/2007	17	2	-	-
College Football Bowl Games So this is not a political diary, though, President Obama expressed his opinion long ago on the BCS ranking system and college bowls. Forty years ago, President Nixon declared the Texas Longhorns ...	LWelsch	01/02/2010	17	1	-	24
"1937 All Over Again?" The op-ed article That ’30s Feeling by Paul Kruman ends with How bad will it be? Will it really ...	LWelsch	06/18/2010	17	6	-	30
Hell No to Civility I will start with a definition of civility straight out of Merriam Websters: a : civilized conduct; especially : courtesy,	LWelsch	01/15/2011	17	9	-	55
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	-	-
David Brooks endorses Barack Obama In this morning's New York Times David Brooks writes: If you look at Barack Obama’s education proposals — especially his emphasis on early childhood — you see that ...	LWelsch	07/29/2008	16	7	-	-
Bill Ayers and Charles Keating I was in my early twenties in the late sixties and early seventies. I remember those times well. I was number twenty five in the first draft lottery. I had friends who had been to Vietnam and ...	LWelsch	10/07/2008	16	3	-	9
Do politicians believe in equality between the sexes? President Obama, democrats and republicans clearly do not. The health care bill recently signed into law clearly discriminates between a profession dominated by men and and a profession dominated by ...	LWelsch	04/05/2010	16	-	-	31
The Education Crisis Those of you who read my diaries know that I am in favor of spending a whole lot of money to improve education in this country. Today's New York Times has two excellent op-ed articles, one by Bob ...	LWelsch	07/13/2010	16	9	-	50
No man is an island "All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so ...	LWelsch	08/02/2010	16	5	-	13
Is anyone listening? Tom Toles makes a point in today's Washington Post. (Unfortunately DailyKos will not allow images from the ...	LWelsch	08/17/2010	16	2	-	22
Change You Can Believe In This was the slogan President Obama ran on in 2008. It is a great slogan. Most people wanted a change; a change from the lousy economy; a change from health care that was expensive and poor; a ...	LWelsch	12/06/2010	16	5	-	66
The "deep divide in American political morality" Is how Paul Krugman states the problem in the op-ed A Tale of Two Moralities . He is right. What is the divide? Paul ...	LWelsch	01/14/2011	16	9	-	114
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
The Danger of a Superficial Analogy Between Scandals Michael Kinsley in the op-ed section of the New York times provides a superficial analysis comparing Bill Clinton's lying about a blow job to Libby's lying about about a cover up of a stupid ...	LWelsch	07/05/2007	15	6	-	-
Trade is not a problem As I listen to both democrats argue about trade with China and NAFTA, I often wonder do they really understand what the "problem" is all about. Today the New Times ...	LWelsch	04/27/2008	15	2	-	-
What Public Option? There never was a "public option." A public option is a plan where the public, not just the fill in the blank with your favorite group or goups , could take the option. There were plans ...	LWelsch	12/10/2009	15	6	1	125
Greece, Euro, Stocks, Energy, Unemployment, War, Terrorism SHIT happens. Hurricanes, floods, droughts, tornadoes, . . . all this shit happens and there often is little we people can do about these events. But much of what is happening today was due ...	LWelsch	05/06/2010	15	3	-	12
Hostages? Surely you're joking Mr. President President Obama must be going bubble crazy. No one was being held hostage. To say someone was being held hostage is just plain nuts. The president speaks of this as a one time situation. The next ...	LWelsch	12/08/2010	15	5	-	38
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
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	-
Oklahoma Cervical Ultrasound Law ...	LWelsch	04/29/2010	14	8	-	30
Spending Cuts Where can spending in the federal budget be cut significantly? The answer is simple, defense and social programs. Yeah, a few tens of billions dollars might be cut in other areas of the budget, but ...	LWelsch	12/20/2010	14	4	-	50
Dancing with the Stars Trumps the President I found the story Before Libya, White House Must Negotiate ...	LWelsch	03/29/2011	14	-	-	49
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	-	-
Woodstock In Sunday's New York Times both Gail Collins ...	LWelsch	08/16/2009	13	11	1	123
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
Hillary's Lobbiest - DoD appropriation earmarks problem There was Hillary defending lobbyists as just plain normal people like the baker and the butcher. Now, we also see Hillary as being savvy for getting on the committee that oversees the DoD ...	LWelsch	08/07/2007	12	1	-	-
Hillary continues to act disruptively I will finally say it; Hillary lost . The search for delegates is over. Obama won. So What does Hillary want? She wants to be president. Sadly enough she wants it ...	LWelsch	06/04/2008	12	3	-	-
Not Thinking Most people do not think, rather, they memorize and regurgitate. When asked to recite the letters of the alphabet almost everyone regurgitates a, b, c, . . . A few might say q, w, e, . . . Someone ...	LWelsch	11/15/2009	12	-	-	57
Libertarianism versus Interconnectedness Before giving my own thoughts I provide Miriam-Webster's definitions for libertarian ...	LWelsch	05/23/2010	12	4	-	25
Education, Jobs, Education This is one of several diaries I have written with this title. First I would like to talk about our current economic problems. I started writing about them back in 2003 in the ...	LWelsch	07/02/2010	12	5	-	19
Tangible Results askew wrote an excellent ...	LWelsch	07/16/2010	12	2	-	20
The Eyes of Texas are Upon You	LWelsch	01/07/2011	12	26	1	253
Universal Soldier One of my favorite protest songs is the Universal Soldier. Below are three versions.	LWelsch	02/26/2011	12	7	1	64
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
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
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	-	-
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	-	-
Impeach Earl Warren I remember the signs from my youth. My family drove in the 54 Pontiac from Maryland to the Florida Keys in the late fifties. All along US 1 there were signs, Interstate 95 did not exist. There mixed ...	LWelsch	06/29/2007	11	17	-	17
The power of the House In the constitution of US the three branches of government are not equal. The Congress is more powerful than the Presidency and the Supreme Court. In the Congress the House of Representatives is ...	LWelsch	07/13/2007	11	5	-	-
Why are the Democratic leaders in Congress destoying the party? From 2002 until 2006 the Republican party ruled Washington with an Iron Fist, controlling all branches of the Federal Government. In 2006 the country elected Democrats by a slim margin to rule the ...	LWelsch	09/07/2007	11	3	-	9
The Time to Give $$$ is now Starting with the convention Obama/Biden and the Democratic National Committee will need lots of money for the next three months. Also get those bumper stickers, signs, buttons, shirts, caps, . . . ...	LWelsch	08/24/2008	11	-	-	-
Jobs and Afghanistan are more important than health care 'YOU'RE SCREWED' Rep. Michael Capuano tells fellow dems. People are talking about what will happen in ...	LWelsch	12/15/2009	11	-	-	55
More cuts in county governments I live in Montgomery County Maryland. Montgomery County is one of the richest counties in the United States with one of the best school system in the nation. Yet the County must cut its budget for ...	LWelsch	03/17/2010	11	2	-	15
The State of the Union A week from today President Obama will give The State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress with many dignitaries present. This will be the most important opportunity the ...	LWelsch	01/19/2011	11	6	-	77
No filibuster reform!! All talk and no action again. Procedure was blamed again and again for not getting more bills passed in the Senate. The biggest procedural problem was the filibuster that allowed republicans in the ...	LWelsch	01/27/2011	11	4	-	71
Lessons Learned I occasionally republish what I write on the website www.truthtown.org on other forums such as the Daily Kos. I republished ...	LWelsch	06/23/2007	10	1	-	-
Some thoughts for pro life (anti-choice) folks I am pro choice. I believe people have the right to determine what happens to their bodies, including euthanasia. While I do have reservations about euthanasia, there is no question in my mind that ...	LWelsch	06/02/2009	10	1	-	1

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