Posting History for LWelsch

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You may not like this - think about it anyway Compared to the "change we can believe in" we were promised the performance of the democratic majority in congress and President Barack Obama sucks. Whether we like or it or not Republicans are ...	LWelsch	11/28/2009	141	8	-	104
You don't need a weather man	LWelsch	09/30/2006	5	1	-	-
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
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
Ya gotta Love Michael Bloomberg - courtesy of SNL	LWelsch	10/16/2011	8	12	-	220
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	-
World Population Management - The Unspoken Issue One of the forces behind many of the problems the US faces is the ever growing population in the world. Take for example global warming. Let's say we reduce the impact of each person in the world by ...	LWelsch	07/22/2007	53	14	-	6
Woodstock In Sunday's New York Times both Gail Collins ...	LWelsch	08/16/2009	13	11	1	123
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
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
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	-
Why is President Bush in Denial?	LWelsch	10/16/2006	17	1	-	-
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
Why I Gave The President's SOTU Speech An "F" In Two Words! He Failed! Tuesday afternoon I wrote the diary Tonight is the Night . I was correct the president did admit ...	LWelsch	01/26/2011	85	13	-	56
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
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
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
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
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
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	-	-
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
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?	LWelsch	12/27/2009	5	2	-	82
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
What will Democrats run on in November? The November election is coming. Many are predicting Democrats will lose. Despite Republican politicians being total assholes, Republicans are predicted to win many seats in Congress. Why? The ...	LWelsch	04/27/2010	34	-	-	19
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
What Next?? There is little question that sometime during the winter a health care bill will be signed into law. The bill will look substantially like what just passed the Senate with some improvements. ...	LWelsch	12/24/2009	10	-	-	33
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	-	-
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
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	-
What comes after financial reform? Okay, health care (such as it is, and boy does it need improvement) has passed. Something that looks like financial reform (too weak to be real reform) will pass. More people are getting jobs than ...	LWelsch	04/25/2010	8	1	-	18
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
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
Web of Popularity, Achieved by Bullying The article Web of Popularity, Achieved by Bullying is fascinating. I recommend highly that ...	LWelsch	02/15/2011	10	2	-	57
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
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
Updated not every wrong, or even every violation of the law, is a crime. So speaks Attorney General Michael Mukasey. The full quote from the article Justice Staffers Won't Be ...	LWelsch	08/12/2008	64	28	-	28
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
Universal Soldier One of my favorite protest songs is the Universal Soldier. Below are three versions.	LWelsch	02/26/2011	12	7	1	64
Unemployment rises once again Unemployment continues to worsen. In Job Growth Falters Badly, Clouding ...	LWelsch	07/08/2011	6	7	-	49
Unemployment fell - but not because of new jobs More people than ever are out of work and yet unemployment fell. Why? The answer is simple people realize ...	LWelsch	02/04/2011	10	18	1	115
Unasked Question With all the time spent playing to cameras by Senators and Representatives, there was little time for any questions at all. There was one question with many follow up questions that was not asked.	LWelsch	09/12/2007	3	1	-	-
Truthout Town Meeting - RIP	LWelsch	09/23/2006	24	2	-	3
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	-	-
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
Too much? Too Little? As I listened to the Sunday talk shows I kept hearing that President Obama was trying to accomplish too much. General Powell said Obama should have stuck to the economy. Senator McConnell called ...	LWelsch	02/22/2010	3	-	-	18
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
Tom Lehrer - my first favorite Tom Lehrer was a mathematician turned satirical singer of the 50s and 60s. He was my first, though not my last favorite protest singer.	LWelsch	02/23/2011	61	32	2	171
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
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
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	-	-
This is what I will tell my grandchildren about "How the Democratic Party Was Lost?" This is in response to the excellent diary How Will I Tell My Grand ...	LWelsch	12/26/2010	87	11	-	49
Think hard before HR'ing Yes I have HR'ed diary Tip Jars and comments that I shouldn't have. And yes people have HR'ed my comments and diaries. I am not a saint. But, I have learned. I learned that HR abuse harms us all. ...	LWelsch	02/06/2011	143	26	1	116
They are off Well sorta. Even before the race for 04 was over, some like Senator John McCaine were off and running for 08. By ...	LWelsch	01/08/2007	5	-	-	-
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
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 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	-	-
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	-	-	-
The time to call is now This morning I called the offices of my two Senators (Mikulski and Cardin) and my Representative (Van Hollen). I told the staff member my name, my address and that I voted for them the last time ...	LWelsch	12/17/2009	6	1	-	19
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
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
The shield law that should not pass The Bush administration told lie after lie to convince the nation to go to war with Iraq. The New York Times repeated those lies one after the other. Very few news organizations did their homework. ...	LWelsch	10/09/2007	2	3	-	15
The Right to Bear Arms As we all know the Supreme Court upheld " that the Second Amendment protects an individual ...	LWelsch	06/29/2008	139	1	-	17
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
The Real Truth is the US and the world is screwed One of my favorite diary authors, slinkerwink , posted an excellent diary,	LWelsch	12/02/2010	10	2	-	32
The Radical Left in the 60s and 70s I am 62. I remember the 60s and 70s well. Like teacherken I lived through those times. My memories of those times are slightly different than his and ...	LWelsch	01/16/2011	102	24	-	68
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 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	-	-
The Nation is Unprepared for Gustav When I look back to hurricane Katrina, I remember the birthday cake Bush & McCain ate as well as how woefully unprepared New Orleans was, combined with the president's refusal to supply the help ...	LWelsch	08/31/2008	6	-	-	7
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 lights are going out all over America — literally The title of this diary is the opening phrase to Professor Krugman's latest op-ed America Goes Dark . The article ...	LWelsch	08/09/2010	149	150	3	66
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 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
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 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 Future is not a Game to Win As I watched the president's Weekly ...	LWelsch	01/29/2011	28	17	1	61
The Foley Scandal	LWelsch	10/06/2006	6	3	-	-
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	-
The Eyes of Texas are Upon You	LWelsch	01/07/2011	12	26	1	253
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
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
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
The Economy is Changing Almost everyone - economists, citizens, voters, most here, and politicians of all stripes - FAIL to understand that the economy is changing and that society including government needs to ...	LWelsch	12/11/2010	44	18	-	96
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
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
The DNC and Florida - Much ado about nothing The states are in a race to be first to pick party delegates. The nature of the game selecting delegates has changed dramatically since 68. The Democratic national party is now almost irrelevant in ...	LWelsch	08/29/2007	8	-	-	4
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	-	-
The country was "not" founded in compromise There is something sad when a very intelligent man, President Obama, misses on such a major fact. The "Declaration of Independence" is not a compromise with England. For he who cannot remember ...	LWelsch	12/15/2010	140	11	-	51
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
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
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 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
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 $#*! 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 "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
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
Tangible Results askew wrote an excellent ...	LWelsch	07/16/2010	12	2	-	20
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
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
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
Something there is that doesn't love a wall As a child I loved Robert Frost. I still do. As I think about immigration reform, I cannot help but think of the walls in Europe during the cold war and Robert Frost's poem Mending Wall . I ...	LWelsch	05/07/2010	7	10	-	17

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