Posting History for arubyan
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| "Embryo farming?" It's called STEM CELL RESEARCH | arubyan | 07/10/2006 | 20 | 6 | - | 15 |
| The Polls: Rip Van Winkle Gets Some Shocking News Cross posted at E Pluribus Unum
[Note: We still do not have power at our home in Baton Rouge, but ... |
arubyan | 09/09/2008 | 20 | 44 | - | 33 |
| Obama: Hacking the Smear By now you know how the Clinton campaign has smeared Barack Obama. If not, read this diary .
To be blunt, I am shocked -- but ... |
arubyan | 12/13/2007 | 19 | 9 | 1 | - |
| Bobby Jindal Raised from the Dead? (POLL) (Cross posted at E Pluribus Unum )
Jim ... |
arubyan | 07/10/2008 | 19 | 3 | - | - |
| How to Dismantle the Sarah Palin Myth First you have to accept what should be obvious by now: facts and logic do not move voters; emotions move voters. And Republicans understand this while Democrats are still ... |
arubyan | 09/15/2008 | 19 | 5 | 2 | - |
| Why you need to win the Mississippi River states in 2008 | arubyan | 06/01/2006 | 18 | 1 | - | 47 |
| NBC/WSJ Poll: Bush Far Scarier Than Wright In their latest polling, NBC/WSJ has revealed that George W. Bush, not Rev. Wright, is on the minds of voters -- and they don't like what they feeling: |
arubyan | 04/30/2008 | 18 | 11 | - | 18 |
| BREAKING: McCain, Bush "two separate people." (POLL) In what might be the knockout punch Sen. John McCain wanted and needed so badly tonight, the Republican nominee boldly and forcefully declared that he is "not President Bush." |
arubyan | 10/15/2008 | 18 | 4 | - | 1 |
| Nationalize the election: Pledge to end the war | arubyan | 06/16/2006 | 17 | 7 | - | 48 |
| Gen. Powell: Terrorists Not Greatest Threat To Nation (Cross posted at E Pluribus Unum )
I know we're being urged, today, to remember 9/11, but I think we should ... |
arubyan | 09/11/2007 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| The Dumbing of America? Don't Believe It Susan Jacoby has written an article in the Washington Post that is one of ... |
arubyan | 02/18/2008 | 17 | 4 | - | - |
| Osama bin Laden & The Boston Massacre Could there be a more heinous villain in the popular mind than Osama bin Laden? No.
And/But the debate rages: if he should be captured alive, would he, should he, be ... |
arubyan | 06/19/2008 | 17 | 5 | - | - |
| Bush's wiretaps: Why are they limited to international calls? | arubyan | 02/10/2006 | 16 | 1 | - | - |
| A Moral Yardstick: What it is & why Democrats need to find it | arubyan | 06/02/2006 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 143 |
| October Surprise? Here's what Republicans are up against | arubyan | 10/01/2006 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Time Magazine Does Rudy A Huge Favor This week, Time Magazine delivers a profile of Rudy Giuliani that couldn't have been better had it been written by Judi ... |
arubyan | 08/23/2007 | 16 | 5 | - | - |
| Baton Rouge: Top 10 Lessons Learned After Gustav No. We still do not have power back since Hurricane Gustav hit Baton Rouge on September 1 -- and ... |
arubyan | 09/11/2008 | 16 | 13 | - | 30 |
| NJ-04: Crum-believable! Colbert disses my ad for Carol Gay! | arubyan | 10/23/2006 | 15 | 16 | - | 45 |
| Edwards/Dylan Mashup Video: Courage To Bring Them Home (Cross posted at E Pluribus Unum )
I made this using an online video mashup application ... |
arubyan | 09/16/2007 | 15 | 24 | - | 18 |
| Cheney: No Better Than a Holocaust Denier I may be the last one to figure this out, but it finally occurred to me on Wednesday why dick Cheney is everywhere defending his position on "enhanced interrogation" and waterboarding.
It's ... |
arubyan | 05/14/2009 | 15 | 5 | - | - |
| Afghanistan: The 4 Questions That Matter Most Last night, you saw the pictures and video from Eisenhower Hall where the president gave his speech.
The hall holds approximately 4500 people. Many (if not most) of those in attendance were cadets - |
arubyan | 12/02/2009 | 15 | 1 | - | 15 |
| Dueling Anniversaries: 9/11 versus Katrina | arubyan | 08/21/2006 | 14 | 8 | - | 42 |
| Don't Let Rove Use Our Heroes Against Us | arubyan | 09/01/2006 | 14 | 2 | - | 9 |
| Gore, Nader, Bush...& Obama: The lessons of 2000 (POLL) Diarist Mark Adams makes some pretty good points about Obama's rightward move in a post over ... |
arubyan | 07/04/2008 | 14 | - | - | - |
| Obama and the Angry Voter [cross posted at E Pluribus Unum ] |
arubyan | 10/02/2008 | 14 | 2 | - | - |
| GOTV in Baton Rouge (POLL) [cross posted at E Pluribus Unum ]
I just ... |
arubyan | 11/03/2008 | 14 | 9 | - | 5 |
| General Robert E. Lee on War (Memorial Day, 2006) | arubyan | 05/29/2006 | 13 | 5 | - | - |
| (POLL) What do you think this war is really about? | arubyan | 07/18/2006 | 13 | 1 | - | 42 |
| (Video Warning) Votes for Democrats counting for Republicans | arubyan | 10/31/2006 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| Why Bush Lost The Iraq War Recently, while browsing another blog's comment thread I was brought up short when I came upon this statement: It’s still unclear where the main source of our problem in Iraq lies. |
arubyan | 05/03/2007 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| Republican Louisiana Caucus: Paul Thwarted Yep, they had themselves a Republican caucus yesterday, down in my neck of the woods. The national media skipped ... |
arubyan | 01/23/2008 | 13 | 2 | - | 4 |
| McCain$$ + RNC$$ = GOP Bloodbath in House A lot has already been written about the McCain/RNC money advantage over Obama. But what doesn't get discussed is how this leaves Republican Congressional candidates high and dry.
Until today. |
arubyan | 07/11/2008 | 13 | 2 | - | - |
| Attack: Now is the time for Democrats to go on the offensive | arubyan | 06/13/2006 | 12 | 2 | - | 1 |
| Suskind: CIA knew "Osama backed Bush re-election" | arubyan | 06/21/2006 | 12 | 31 | 1 | 102 |
| Can your candidate use this video? It's yours for the asking | arubyan | 07/02/2006 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Cheney vs. Koppel on Absolute Security Against Terrorism | arubyan | 09/11/2006 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 13 |
| Iraq: Only 4 Questions Matter Anymore (Cross posted at E Pluribus Unum )
These were the headlines this morning at MSNBC: |
arubyan | 01/18/2007 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| How to Rescue Our Jobs and Savings The Centre for Economic Policy Research has published a 40-page ebook entitled How to Rescue Our Jobs and ... |
arubyan | 10/10/2008 | 12 | 7 | - | - |
| Bush: "You’ll all be dead by the end of this year." (cross posted at E Pluribus Unum )
It was a morning, not unlike this morning, at a stateside military base not ... |
arubyan | 01/14/2008 | 11 | 8 | - | 32 |
| Obama & the Role of Emotion in Politics (Poll) One of the arguments I often get into with my Republican friends (and also with my friends who are backing Hillary) is that Obama is all about...well, here's how one of them put it (I'll let you ... |
arubyan | 05/16/2008 | 11 | 5 | 1 | - |
| McCain Internet Rumors: GOP Disinformation? (UPD. w/POLL) (Cross posted at E Pluribus Unum )
Plenty of diaries today, and earlier, ... |
arubyan | 06/12/2008 | 11 | 2 | - | 8 |
| Joe: Go Read the Phonebook & Pee Into a Jug Hear me out.
Joe Lieberman loves it when we get mad, right? I'm pretty sure that's what this is all about -- pissing us off. I'm just guessing that he probably hates that we dumped him in favor of ... |
arubyan | 12/14/2009 | 11 | 11 | - | 48 |
| Why bin Laden is still walking free | arubyan | 01/20/2006 | 10 | 1 | 1 | - |
| I favor the separation of Church and War | arubyan | 02/05/2006 | 10 | 8 | - | - |
| Rep. X voted w/GOP "95% of the time..." Source? | arubyan | 06/19/2006 | 10 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Bush free from torture prosecution, c. 11/26/97. Why then? | arubyan | 10/02/2006 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| Political Science 101: It's All About "67+290" (cross posted at E Pluribus Unum )
Let's stipulate that if the Democratic majority in Congress intends to ... |
arubyan | 05/29/2007 | 10 | 8 | - | 44 |
| LA-06: GOP Poll Shows Cazayoux Beating Jenkins According to Eric Kleefeld an internal GOP poll shows Republican Woody Jenkins is in danger ... |
arubyan | 04/03/2008 | 10 | 5 | 1 | - |
| Hillary's Ultimate Closing Argument to SDs Shorter Hillary Clinton: "Barack can't win in November because I will destroy him long before that. So you should give me the nomination, because you know I'm your only chance at the White House." |
arubyan | 04/24/2008 | 10 | 1 | 1 | - |
| What I'd Do Next If I Were Obama In short, I wouldn't make any big changes in my message. Obama's core message, the change he wants to deliver, is "One America." So whatever he says and does at this point should be focused on that. |
arubyan | 04/25/2008 | 10 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Howard Dean Talks to My Son My son is a huge fan of Hillary Clinton and took it pretty hard when she lost to Barack Obama. He's even threatened to vote for John McCain. Well, Saturday the DNC and Howard Dean brought their cross- |
arubyan | 07/20/2008 | 10 | 22 | - | 37 |
| Palin: Yet Another Corrupt Alaska Republican (POLL) [cross posted at E Pluribus Unum ]
If you're a public servant in Alaska I guess every day is ... |
arubyan | 10/22/2008 | 10 | 1 | - | - |
| I'm looking for two committed activists | arubyan | 02/17/2006 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| Historical precedent for Gitmo suicides | arubyan | 06/12/2006 | 9 | 5 | - | 2 |
| NH-02: Hodes for Congress (A "Had Enough?" video) | arubyan | 07/12/2006 | 9 | 2 | - | - |
| Obama: A Bigger Maverick than McCain -- or Palin (POLL) [cross posted at E Pluribus Unum ]
Republicans loooooooooooove to ask "Who is Obama, really?" ... |
arubyan | 10/23/2008 | 9 | 3 | - | - |
| Detroit: Answer the Call (POLL) [cross posted at E Pluribus Unum ] |
arubyan | 11/20/2008 | 9 | 4 | - | - |
| We Haven't Hit Bottom Yet (POLL) [cross posted at E Pluribus Unum ] |
arubyan | 11/24/2008 | 9 | 3 | - | - |
| Urge your Senator TODAY to vote NO on Alito | arubyan | 01/16/2006 | 8 | 2 | - | - |
| 2006 Elections: Congressional Oversight of the Executive | arubyan | 02/16/2006 | 8 | - | - | - |
| Stem Cells: Something for Everyone, A Comedy Tonight! | arubyan | 07/17/2006 | 8 | 7 | - | 89 |
| (Video) Vote Republican: Because Jesus Hates Democrats | arubyan | 10/06/2006 | 8 | 3 | - | - |
| We'll Die In A Lake Of Fire Unless You Vote Republican | arubyan | 10/09/2006 | 8 | 1 | - | - |
| (Video) What we'll lose if Net Neutrality dies | arubyan | 10/30/2006 | 8 | 5 | - | 10 |
| Our Iraq Exit Strategy: The Once and Future Strongman? (Cross posted at E Pluribus Unum )
Is it possible that Iraq may again, sooner rather than later, be ruled by ... |
arubyan | 11/27/2006 | 8 | 4 | - | - |
| 2008/DOA: Welcome To My Nightmare I really believe that the US attorney story has nothing to do with the tamping-down of investigations into Republican corruption.
I think Cheney is moving the chess pieces into place to ... |
arubyan | 03/07/2007 | 8 | 2 | - | - |
| Date Certain: Wake Me Up When September Ends So Obama and Clinton voted against the Iraq war supplemental, as did Pelosi.
But not Murtha : |
arubyan | 05/25/2007 | 8 | - | - | - |
| Top 10 October Surprises (POLL) From the home office in Sedona, Arizona: The Top 10 October Surprises in this year's campaign: |
arubyan | 09/28/2008 | 8 | 2 | - | - |
| How to Stop the Flow of Money Between Corporations & Politicians Bob Herbert:
While millions of ordinary Americans are struggling with unemployment and declining standards of living, |
arubyan | 02/13/2011 | 8 | - | - | 80 |
| Throttling the money out of politics: A breathtaking plan | arubyan | 01/19/2006 | 7 | 6 | 4 | - |
| Republicans: A party of cultists | arubyan | 06/28/2006 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 42 |
| It Can't Happen Here? Think Again. | arubyan | 09/21/2006 | 7 | 12 | - | 9 |
| PredatorGate Update: The Redder They Are, The Harder They Fall | arubyan | 10/03/2006 | 7 | 2 | - | 8 |
| Top Ten High-Impact Diaries from arubyan (2006) Using jotter's methodology , I compiled a Top 10 list of my own highest-impact diaries at Daily Kos in 2006.
All of these diaries made jotter's daily list ... |
arubyan | 12/30/2006 | 7 | 2 | - | 9 |
| Grand Illusion: Rudy's Leadership on 9/11 (Cross posted ... |
arubyan | 03/02/2007 | 7 | 6 | - | - |
| Islamic Fundamentalism: If You Can't Beat Em, Join Em? Winning the war of ideas against Islamic fundamentalism isn't going to be easy. But when are some people going to realize that we can't win it if we become more like them?
Case in point: |
arubyan | 04/03/2007 | 7 | 3 | - | 22 |
| Who Decides When A Vote Is Meaningful Or Not? Which votes are meaningless and which (if any) make a difference? And who decides that anyway?
On one hand, you have the recent toothless war supplemental bill that lacked any kind of timeline and ... |
arubyan | 05/27/2007 | 7 | 1 | - | 11 |
| How To Win The Democratic Nomination [originally posted at E Pluribus Unum ]
... |
arubyan | 11/04/2007 | 7 | 1 | - | 10 |
| Are You in the Detroit/Ann Arbor Area Tomorrow? If so, I encourage you to attend the premiere, on U-Mich campus, of a new film: Life is for the Living , a documentary about the people, the ... |
arubyan | 03/11/2008 | 7 | 6 | - | - |
| Black Skin Eddie Izzard : All that people care about is the look, because there's figures on this. 70% of what people react to is the look, you know, |
arubyan | 03/12/2008 | 7 | 4 | - | - |
| Democrats: Turn the Page Already (POLL) I've been out of town for the last several days visiting family. So I've followed the DNC meetings only somewhat and the Puerto Rican primary even less. I've been reading a few online blogs. And it ... |
arubyan | 06/02/2008 | 7 | 2 | - | - |
| The Black Cat Affair [Note: This is the first draft of a treatment that I'm writing. I'd appreciate your feedback on it. Feel free to offer suggestions on structure, pacing, political shading, even technical details, |
arubyan | 12/27/2008 | 7 | 5 | 2 | - |
| “So let us begin anew...” [cross posted at E Pluribus Unum ]
Most inaugural addresses have a pretty short shelf life. They don't endure past the ... |
arubyan | 01/08/2009 | 7 | 2 | - | 7 |
| On Alito, Democrats Must Remember The Lion In Winter | arubyan | 01/13/2006 | 6 | 8 | - | - |
| Who needs pics of Bush & Abramoff when you got Bush & Bremer? | arubyan | 01/29/2006 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 4 |
| You, me and everyone we know are all residents of Louisiana | arubyan | 03/31/2006 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| The Hamilton Project: Robert Rubin's latest policy initiative | arubyan | 04/16/2006 | 6 | 5 | 1 | - |
| Another "Had Enough?" Video: McNerney for Congress | arubyan | 07/06/2006 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 7 |
| Go Viral: Take the “Bite Me” Pledge - End the War | arubyan | 01/25/2007 | 6 | 3 | - | - |
| Not One Dime: How To Abramoff-Proof Politics Adam B's excellent diary looks at a an intriguing solution to campaign finance reform : vouchers + anonymous ... |
arubyan | 02/07/2007 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| “Governor, you're no Mahatma Gandhi.” (POLL) [cross posted at E Pluribus Unum ]
So it's going to be Joe Biden.
Or not. |
arubyan | 08/14/2008 | 6 | 1 | - | - |
| Gustav@ Baton Rouge: 9/1/08, 8am [cross posted -- with 4x updates -- at E Pluribus Unum ]
In ... |
arubyan | 09/01/2008 | 6 | 6 | - | 7 |
| Rahm Emanuel's Awesome Power [cross posted at E Pluribus Unum ]
... |
arubyan | 11/07/2008 | 6 | 1 | - | - |
| When You're Walking Thru Hell, Keep Walking I'm sick to death of how the HCR effort has gone so far.
But I will not allow the present circumstances to discourage me and neither can you.
You know, a certain Senator would get no greater ... |
arubyan | 12/16/2009 | 6 | 3 | - | 64 |
| Who Will Win the Battle of the News Cycles? | arubyan | 09/25/2006 | 5 | 8 | - | 9 |
| Video: Has Bush Lost Control Of Iraq? | arubyan | 09/29/2006 | 5 | 6 | - | 17 |
| ISG Report Aftermath: Where Are The Dems? (Cross posted at E Pluribus Unum )
It is a real tragedy that no Democrat can/will lead on ... |
arubyan | 12/08/2006 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 49 |
| The Shared National Sacrifice Act of 2007 (Cross posted at E Pluribus Unum )
Bush speaks! And there you have it: The Iraq war is " |
arubyan | 01/11/2007 | 5 | 3 | - | 11 |
| Bush & Petraeus: Troops Dying For Their Vanity (Cross posted at E Pluribus Unum )
General Petraeus is going to give his September report next week. And/But ... |
arubyan | 09/06/2007 | 5 | 6 | - | 12 |
| Congress Click 'n' Call: New App Makes It Possible [Yesterday I posted a comment to a diary on the Dodd filibuster of the FISA bill. I'd like to expand on that here, ... |
arubyan | 12/18/2007 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 13 |