Posting History for LWelsch
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| Lack of a Silent Majority | LWelsch | 09/26/2006 | 8 | 2 | - | - |
| President Bush will Celebrate the Death of Important American Principles | LWelsch | 09/29/2006 | 7 | 6 | 1 | - |
| You don't need a weather man | LWelsch | 09/30/2006 | 5 | 1 | - | - |
| The Foley Scandal | LWelsch | 10/06/2006 | 6 | 3 | - | - |
| Why is President Bush in Denial? | LWelsch | 10/16/2006 | 17 | 1 | - | - |
| False Expectations | LWelsch | 10/22/2006 | 2 | - | - | - |
| How Do You Ask a Man to Be the Last Man to Die in Vietnam? | LWelsch | 10/23/2006 | 4 | 1 | - | - |
| Arrogance of Power | LWelsch | 11/10/2006 | 6 | 2 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| A Candidates Debate The MSNBC democratic candidates debate was pathetic. A minute here 30 seconds there and maybe a minute and a half over there. Poor commercials and that was about it.
So what is the solution? ... |
LWelsch | 05/22/2007 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| Honesty I love The Daily Show and The Colbert Report . To find such good satire one must return to Jonathan Swift. As Nancy Pelosi put it there is a new congress in town. Sadly the new congress ... |
LWelsch | 05/25/2007 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| Republican Corruption at a Straw Poll As a democrat, I don't pay much attention to the republican straw poll. So imagine my surprise to learn that the straw poll is basically here is some money for your vote. Oh yes and the candidate ... |
LWelsch | 08/10/2007 | 9 | - | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| Questioning our Patriotism Today's Washington Post published the op-ed The Washington Clock Runs Down by Kyle ... |
LWelsch | 08/30/2007 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| See you in September In late winter and all spring, President Bush was pleading with the nation to just give the surge until September. Due largely to a sympathetic press and an inept congress President Bush got his wish. |
LWelsch | 09/01/2007 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| Is Joe Lieberman the next AG? If President Bush is looking for a bipartisan appointment that will give control of the Senate to the Republicans and have a Democrat/Independent supporting all of Bush's unconstitutional unitary ... |
LWelsch | 09/02/2007 | 54 | 1 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| Not Policy alone When thinking about presidential candidates I consider many factors, including their policy positions. I am not even certain policy positions are the most important issue. Among democrats I argue ... |
LWelsch | 09/25/2007 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Hillary's Problem I am not a member of the anti-Hillary mafia she alluded to in her Sopranos video. Yet, I have grave reservations about Hillary that were captured by Frank Rich in the ... |
LWelsch | 09/30/2007 | 32 | 1 | - | - |
| Ohio Ballots Voting results in Ohio were highly questioned in the 2004 election for president. In yesterday's election there was a shortage of ballots in Cleveland (... |
LWelsch | 03/05/2008 | 9 | 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 | - |
| God vs. Atheism or Religion vs. Science I recently listened to Thom Hartmann talking to Chris ... |
LWelsch | 04/12/2008 | 29 | - | 1 | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| Political Jujitsu I recently read article Jujitsu in Action — The Smart Way to Fight Smears Against Obama While I agree with everybody who say ... |
LWelsch | 06/13/2008 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - | - |
| No Hard Questions on Palin for McCain I just watched Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer . One thing was apparent. No questions, absolutely none, on any of tricky issues on ... |
LWelsch | 09/09/2008 | 8 | 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| Republicans redesign Daily Kos Republican operatives designed DK-5. They wanted to make certain that liberal ideas could not be seen.
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LWelsch | 11/08/2015 | 5 | 19 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - | - |
| Fighting Terrorism at its Roots | LWelsch | 09/27/2006 | 24 | - | 2 | 1 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Labor Day is Coming DC is hot. Anybody who counts is on vacation. As Cheney might say, that all changes on Labor Day. Most people know the facts. Some are already claiming limited success for a failed surge. Failed, ... |
LWelsch | 08/27/2007 | 7 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| "She (Hillary) has goons just like the republicans have goons." as said by Medea Benjamin on Hardball segment Protecting the First Amendment . |
LWelsch | 09/19/2007 | 56 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| Truthout Town Meeting - RIP | LWelsch | 09/23/2006 | 24 | 2 | - | 3 |
| Like a Thief President Bush went to Iraq on Labor day weekend. The MSM calls it a surprise visit. The reality is he went like a thief in the middle of the night. |
LWelsch | 09/04/2007 | 3 | 1 | - | 3 |
| Hillary's losses in Ohio and Texas Everyone is talking about how Hillary won in both Ohio and Texas. What did she win. Well she won the popular vote and a few delegates. Hillary is claiming that because of these wins she is better ... |
LWelsch | 03/06/2008 | 29 | 9 | - | 3 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Global Warming Al Gore has us all worried about global warming. He is right that calamity will befall the world unless we can reduce the level of creating carbon dioxide to below the level at which the tropical ... |
LWelsch | 03/09/2009 | 48 | 3 | - | 4 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| "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 |
| California Electoral College Initiative is Unconstitutional I never cease to be amazed at how few people have read and understand the Constitution. We know President Bush ignores the Constitution and Vice President Cheney uses the document as toilet paper. ... |
LWelsch | 08/21/2007 | 58 | 15 | - | 7 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| FL/MI primaries in 2012 The question that needs addressing is what will happen to democratic delegations from state democratic parties that break the Democratic National Committee rules. |
LWelsch | 05/28/2008 | 7 | - | - | 9 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Some thoughts on: Rules, Moderation, Civility I thank the author of Rules, Moderation, Civility . Good job! Well Done! I agree with some rules ... |
LWelsch | 04/08/2010 | 40 | 2 | - | 10 |
| Nancy Pelosi broke her Oath of Office Nancy Pelosi and all high level federal officials take an oath of office to uphold the constitution. The clip ... |
LWelsch | 07/15/2007 | 32 | 11 | - | 11 |
| A New Beginning The New Deal, the New Frontier, the Great Society, are all terms used by democratic presidents to lay out broad new programs for society. Bill Clinton had "It's the economy, stupid" to revise the ... |
LWelsch | 12/11/2009 | 1 | - | - | 12 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| An open invitation to join Educating and Learning Yeah, I finally did it. I formed a new group. Yes I saw the group Educator Voices and I tried to join as a contributor and failed. I ... |
LWelsch | 03/06/2011 | 1 | - | - | 18 |