Posting History for LWelsch

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The Trouble with the Anti-Impeachment Argument In the article Why Pelosi Opposes Impeachment Ari Berman claims the reason is: Democratic Party leaders do ...	LWelsch	08/02/2007	37	7	-	-
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	-	-
Some Thoughts on Basic Economic Principles I recently saw a diary entitle What's Wrong with Economics Today? . I felt the diary showed a lack of understanding of what I consider ...	LWelsch	07/01/2010	33	7	1	28
The Economy As teacherken pointed out school is starting for many this Monday. (See A Saturday morning pause ). Labor day is ...	LWelsch	08/22/2010	8	7	-	33
Holy Wars: Should we be afraid of Islam? - Update I started watching "This Week with Christiane Amanpour" when Christiane Amanpour started hosting the show. When she started plugging next weeks show I went livid. The title is "Holy Wars: Should we ...	LWelsch	09/27/2010	131	7	-	56
We know how to reduce the deficit and create jobs I said this yesterday and I am repeating today. We know how to reduce the deficit and how to create jobs. The answer sounds simple, but is not as simple as it sounds. To create jobs the US needs to ...	LWelsch	11/12/2010	10	7	-	58
Soon there will be many more suffering I just read a diary You Would Rather 2 Million Lose Unemployment Benefits? ...	LWelsch	12/07/2010	8	7	-	37
Universal Soldier One of my favorite protest songs is the Universal Soldier. Below are three versions.	LWelsch	02/26/2011	12	7	1	64
"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
Bristol Palin was raped - Updated After reading Is Bristol Palin’s new memoir ...	LWelsch	06/26/2011	130	7	1	807
Unemployment rises once again Unemployment continues to worsen. In Job Growth Falters Badly, Clouding ...	LWelsch	07/08/2011	6	7	-	49
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
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
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
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	-	-
President Bush will Celebrate the Death of Important American Principles	LWelsch	09/29/2006	7	6	1	-
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	-	-
Hillary Achilles Heel - Earmarks There I was watching Bill Moyers Journal on TIVO and up pops Hillary's picture as Bill Moyers was ...	LWelsch	07/28/2007	88	6	-	13
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
Solidifying Democratic Control of Congress I am hearing how the democrats are going to lose seats in Congress. Some, such as E. J. Dionne are concerned about ...	LWelsch	01/04/2010	35	6	-	12
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
Is Chris Matthews a Racist Start by watching the video below See URL http://videos.mediaite.com/video/Chris-Matthews-On-Obama-I-Forgo The transcript reads: I was trying to think about who he was tonight. It's ...	LWelsch	01/31/2010	103	6	-	39
"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
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
So much work! So many unemployed! People are starving. People don't have shelter. Floods are killing people. Forest fires are wreaking havoc. People are dying from lack of health care. Children are not receiving an adequate education.	LWelsch	08/15/2010	35	6	-	26
Pragmatic and Impractical Lately I have seen a number of diaries with hundreds of comments about how the "professional" left is not being pragmatic. By "professional" left the diaries refer to anyone who criticizes any ...	LWelsch	12/01/2010	38	6	-	41
Why did Democrats take a shellacking? There must be a reason. Many diaries on DailyKos appear to be in denial. Was the reason that John Boehner cries and voters love crying politicians? Was the reason that Mitch McConnell blocked ...	LWelsch	12/25/2010	78	6	-	57
A Better Society The US is not a capitalist society. I am not arguing whether or not the US was a capitalist society, but that the US today is not a capitalist society. Further, the world economy is not capitalist.	LWelsch	12/31/2010	8	6	-	37
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
Education - no longer a guarantee of a good job Professor Krugman writes today in Degrees and Dollars that "the idea that modern technology eliminates only menial ...	LWelsch	03/07/2011	30	6	-	134
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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	-
GIVE ME JACK BAUER! Ethics and law "go out the window" when terrorism strikes – said Tancredo during the Republican presidential debate. Then this week from an episode of The Sopranos on the Banks of the ...	LWelsch	05/19/2007	7	5	-	-
It Could Never Happen Here As a US citizen I like to think It could never happen in the US today. When bad despicable actions happen, I like to think that if they happened in the US then they are past and the US has ...	LWelsch	05/24/2007	4	5	-	-
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	-	-
So arrogant! The action cries for impeachment I was shocked this morning to see the article Broader Privilege Claimed In Firings: White ...	LWelsch	07/20/2007	44	5	-	1
Many Pro-Lifers are really Pro-Death Not long ago there was an important diary called What It Means to Be a Pro-Life Democrat . The author, The ...	LWelsch	04/02/2008	42	5	1	-
Pay as you go is stupid, dumb, idiotic Pay as you go or PAYGO as Wikipedia puts it, means "financing expenditures with funds that are currently available rather than borrowed." Aside from ...	LWelsch	02/13/2010	85	5	-	28
To worry about deficits is nonsensical. Yesterday I said that in a diary pushing education. I was also pushing the need for spending in order to provide for all the different things the US and the world needs. Little did I know one of my ...	LWelsch	05/31/2010	69	5	-	39
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
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
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
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
The Way Back Machine Way back in 2003 I wrote Some thoughts on the Root Causes of our Economic Problems . The key ...	LWelsch	08/24/2010	3	5	-	27
Hard Truths About Medicare - Updated I believe President Obama has done many good things for the American people. I also believe we must get out the vote and work hard to not just keep democratic majorities, but to improve the size of ...	LWelsch	10/05/2010	10	5	-	69
F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition Keith Olbermann properly nailed Jon Stewart's indictment of all cable news in Stewart's closing speech at Stewart's rally to restore sanity. Stewart should also have been nailed for saying nothing ...	LWelsch	11/03/2010	37	5	-	33
Should your employer know how you spend your money? I pose this question in view of the Keith Olbermann's suspension. Campaign finance laws dictate disclosure of people who contribute to campaigns. Should this disclosure be made public? I would argue ...	LWelsch	11/06/2010	65	5	-	19
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
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
Do unicorns exist? Existence is an ontological problem. The problem is simple and phrased as "What is there?" The above and much of this discussion is taken from W. V. Quine's ...	LWelsch	01/03/2011	115	5	-	108
David Rovics - Today's Protest Music If you do not know who David Rovics is then go to his web site and learn. Below are a few of my favorite protest songs.	LWelsch	02/25/2011	5	5	1	35
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
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
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
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
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	-	-
No to the DRAFT Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) has long advocated returning to the draft, but his efforts drew little attention during the 12 years that House Democrats were in the minority. Starting ...	LWelsch	11/20/2006	66	4	-	16
Hillary's Poll Numbers Hillary Clinton is running an impressive campaign for the presidency. Even Bill Clinton's first campaign looks shoddy in comparison. And yes I would vote for Hillary over almost any of the ...	LWelsch	06/22/2007	122	4	1	7
Will Republican Candidates be asked the Tough Questions? The CNN YouTube debate was a gimmick. The gimmick worked better than anyone could have predicted. Tough questions were asked and answered.	LWelsch	07/24/2007	9	4	1	-
Who among the Democrats will demonstrate leadership? As we enter the the phase of debating Iraq and defense spending, the question I have is who among the democrats will demonstrate leadership. Let me start by defining what I mean by leadership. To ...	LWelsch	09/06/2007	5	4	-	9
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
Deleting comments - update - and another I recently posted a comment to the diary Happy Moonday Pooties and Woozles and ...	LWelsch	12/14/2009	224	4	1	49
a hypocritical diary update The diary Nurse Kelley Sez: Do you eat with that mouth? (Updated) is ...	LWelsch	01/11/2010	216	4	1	23
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
Libertarianism versus Interconnectedness Before giving my own thoughts I provide Miriam-Webster's definitions for libertarian ...	LWelsch	05/23/2010	12	4	-	25
Some thoughts on people leaving DailyKos I have seen my share of Goodbye Cruel World Diaries. I was deeply disappointed to learn that Keith Olbermann has left us. And yet I ...	LWelsch	06/20/2010	147	4	-	48
The problem lies in Pakistan Today's New York Times has an excellent front page article titled Pakistan Is Said to Pursue a Foothold in ...	LWelsch	06/25/2010	45	4	-	21
the cancer in the American heart — joblessness The title is taken from Frank Rich's op-ed How to Lose an Election Without Really Trying . The cancer unless treated ...	LWelsch	08/08/2010	7	4	-	27
The DSCC needs to get its act together I just received a "phone bank" call from the DSCC asking for a hundred dollars to maintain a democratic senate. The caller started by talking about our common goals. I pointed out that I was ...	LWelsch	08/16/2010	33	4	-	21
Who should replace Summers? I highly recommend that Geithner resign and that Barack make a recess appointment to replace Geithner. The answer to the question posed in the title is simple, Professor Paul Krugman. The answer to ...	LWelsch	09/23/2010	41	4	-	27
Some thoughts on the Deficit and Jobs Let's start with two simple truths. The US has a deficit problem. The US has has a Jobs problem. A third simple truth is the US needs to deal with both of these problems now. What is not a simple ...	LWelsch	11/11/2010	4	4	-	36
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
New Year's Resolutions I resolve: To limit my use of "Obama" in the title of diaries To continue the struggle to improve the economy To recognize capitalism is not the solution to every ...	LWelsch	01/01/2011	7	4	-	67
"Anonymity and the Dark Side of the Internet" Anonymity and the Dark Side of the Internet is the title of a fascinating op-ed ...	LWelsch	01/04/2011	56	4	-	71
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
President Obama needs direction Okay, I broke my promise not put President Obama in the title. It was a silly promise that needed to be broken. Right now the Tea Party has set the direction for Republicans. And that direction (...	LWelsch	03/01/2011	10	4	-	68
Mediocre Employment numbers The New York Times reports that Spurred by Private Hiring, Job Growth Gathers Steam . The article notes ...	LWelsch	03/04/2011	5	4	-	50
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
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
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
"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
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
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
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
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	-	-
The Foley Scandal	LWelsch	10/06/2006	6	3	-	-
Hula Hoops - Election 2008 In 1957 the hula hoop was reinvented by Richard Knerr and Arthur "Spud" Medlin, founders of ...	LWelsch	07/02/2007	6	3	1	1
Sheehan Versus Pelosi? John Nichols in Sheehan Versus Pelosi? says: "If the Speaker has not put impeachment back on the table, Sheehan ...	LWelsch	07/09/2007	104	3	1	24
If the Democrats will Not Govern then the time is rapidly approaching when Democrats will be voted out of office. Cindy Sheehan recently called on Nancy Pelosi in Cindy ...	LWelsch	07/12/2007	32	3	-	-
Dear Democratic Party Leadership I do not know who you are, but I presume you include Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Harry Ried, and Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean. I write you out of concern that you are ...	LWelsch	07/25/2007	5	3	-	-
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
What happened to American Values? President Bush, Republican Legislators, and a Republican Supreme Court stole them. The above crew were aided and abetted by many Democrats and sadly by many citizens. We let fear and greed guide us ...	LWelsch	10/07/2007	9	3	-	1

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