Lost Dog: BlackWaterDog / What Can We Do In 2010?

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Monday December 28, 2009 · 2:53 AM PST

2009/12/28 · 02:53

I just found out that BlackWaterDog left our site last week. This pie fight is eating up a lot of people. I'm exhausted over this "Anticorporatist" versus "Obamabot" riff in the netroots. When does it end? Thereisnospoons has some good ideas on the topic, but lets talk 2010. What do we have going on in 2010 to move forward together rather than tear each other apart? (Not a judgment I've thrown my fair share of pie)

What can we get done, and what should we push for?

Nationally

Campaign Finance + Lobbying Reform

Wall Street Reform: When the storm is over, we fix the ship

Antitrust Action: Improve the DOJ so we can actually go after monopolists. Maybe go after a few? (hint the top 7 richest Americans xWarren Buffett)

Want a Public Option? Get five more D Senators in 2010, or get three and by doing so scare two more. (Hurt the corporate media by disproving their meme that Dems are toast in '10?)

Jobs bill

Locally

Decriminalize Cannabis in California

I'm sure there a bunch of places where we can all get together for some Progress in the new year.

BlackWaterDog come home there is room for all of us here.

From the White House Flickr Page

Vice President Joe Biden serves lunch to patients and staff in the dining facility at Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Christmas Day, December 25, 2009.

Dr. Jill Biden serves lunch to patients and staff in the dining facility at Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Christmas Day, December 25, 2009.

Members of the Urban Nation H.I.P. H.O.P. Choir perform during a holiday party in the East Room of the White House, Dec. 14, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

(Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet Edith Childs, from Greenwood, S.C., in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, during a holiday party, Dec. 4, 2009. Childs coined the campaign slogan "fired up, ready to go." (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

Young guests look at Christmas cookies in the Diplomatic Reception Room, following the arrival of the White House Christmas Tree, Nov. 27, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton)

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama host a Hanukkah reception in the Grand Foyer of the White House, Dec. 16, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton)

From the White House Flickr Page

President Barack Obama greets actor Robert DeNiro and rock musician Bruce Springsteen at a reception for the Kennedy Center Honors recipients in the Blue Room of the White House, Dec. 6, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama greets workers during a shift change at the Nestlé Purina PetCare facility in Allentown, Pa., Dec. 4, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama descend the Grand Staircase of White House to attend a holiday party, Dec. 13, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

A White House nurse prepares to administer the H1N1 vaccine to President Barack Obama at the White House on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009.
(Official White House photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama briefs European leaders... at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 18, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

I'm not going anywhere.

UPDATE: I was gone the week BWD left so I know nothing about the reasons and manner of the departure. Apologies for not including that part of the story. My main point remains, what can we work on together? What can this President and Congress do to calm your anger or enact your priorities in 2010?

UPDATE2: Rec list thanks everyone, I need some shut eye or I'd hang out and chat it up some more. Despite my differences with recent efforts by diarists at FDL I think they did a fantastic job pushing for the public option this year. They put it on the map and we almost got it. I know that's not much consolation but it's all I've got to give. Their activism was superb in spring and summer, and we need to recreate that type of effort next year towards our goals.

This content was created by a Daily Kos Community member.

Make YOUR voice heard!

Comments are closed on this story.