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Dirk Thrust https://www.dailykos.com/user/Dirk Thrust/rss/index.xml News Community Action Copyright 2005 - Steal what you want Mon, 27 Jan 2020 20:40:19 +0000 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 20:40:19 +0000 Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Tony Blair - A warning from recent history https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/11/14/659807/-Tony-Blair-A-warning-from-recent-history <blockquote> Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths;<img width="200" vspace="10" align="right" alt="Yes We Did - the first bit" src="http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m347/Dirk_Thrust/art835widea.jpg" height="300" border hspace="10" /> Our bruised arms hung up for monuments; Our stern alarums chang'd to merry meetings, Our dreadful marches to delightful measures. Shakespeare, Richard III </blockquote> So it’s done, and for anyone who witnessed last week’s <a target="blank" href="http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page17348">Prime Minister’s Question Time</a>, you’ll be feeling like we did right by the rest of the world too. The relief was real, and the British response was by no means unique; there were similar parliamentary love-ins throughout the world. For millions of Americans the experience was intoxicating, after suffering so many years of humiliation, as that (not so) ex-drunk playboy, John-Wayne’d his way through his presidency, wandering the globe shooting from the mouth, and diminishing the hard earned reputation of this once revered nation. Follow me over the hill the green is grasser anyway... rss@dailykos.com (Dirk Thrust) Awarningfromhistory Barack Obama BarackObama Democrats presidentialelections2008 Republicans TonyBlair ToryParty _659807 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:42:07 +0000 Looks like we're getting to McCuster's Last Stand(s) https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/28/645180/-Looks-like-we-re-getting-to-McCuster-s-Last-Stand-s <img vspace="10" width="277" align="right" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m347/Dirk_Thrust/MV5BODcxODU0NTIxN15BMl5BanBnXkFt-1.jpg" height="399" border hspace="10" />Since yesterday’s news that the morally and ethically corrupt Ted ‘bridge to nowhere’ Stevens is now officially legally corrupt too, the Get Off (my lawn) Party has been running around telling anyone that’ll listen there's a distinct possibility Democrats could win enough new Senate seats to achieve a really scary ‘filibuster proof’ Senate. As you all know that's a Senate comprising sixty (of the one hundred) senators who belong to, or are prepared to vote for the same party, thus securing said party with a large enough majority to avoid a <a target="blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster">‘filibuster’</a>. rss@dailykos.com (Dirk Thrust) 60seatDemocraticSenate Barack Obama BarackObama Filibuster John McCain JohnMcCain Sarah Palin SarahPalin _645180 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:21:06 +0000 A Cool Trillion https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/20/604142/-A-Cool-Trillion I apologise for this diary, but I am just sooo relieved that all seems well on fabulous Wall Street again. Phew! that was a close one eh? I mean, all those insanely rich bankers nearly had to face up to their own losses, but fortunately it appears that someone claiming to act on behalf of all US taxpayers is going to jump in before any such nonsense can occur. The US taxpayer is kindly going to underwrite all their losses, and cover their extremely corpulent glutei maximi. rss@dailykos.com (Dirk Thrust) Motherofallbailouts Sub-Primemortgagefailure trilliondollars _604142 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:43:16 +0000 Mc7Cribs gets McNasty after another Barackattack -- Game On! https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/21/572141/-Mc7Cribs-gets-McNasty-after-another-Barackattack-Game-On Good to see another Barackattack on the stump today, he’s letting McNasty know that his number‘s up, well at least the number of houses he owns, from 4 to 7... Though I feel BO could’ve gone after him even harder, the McCain camp's response is just a treat. Average Americans are suffering even if Johnny Mc7Cribs isn’t. Most of us have one house, and many of us are struggling to keep hold of that one house, but enough of us have lost that struggle to expect a presidential candidate, even one as rich as McCain, to be sensitive to the suffering of his fellow Americans, anything less is just disrespectful. Then again, lack of respect seems to be becoming a theme of his campaign. This latest stumble coming after McCain’s own economical adviser; Phil Gram had the f*ing gall to scoff at us, calling us ‘a nation of whiners‘. Gram's shameful coments made as millions of Americans suffer under abject circumstances he helped cause. Of course Mc7Cribs distanced himself from those remarks for a couple of days, but I really believe he has a problem acknowledging that times are hard, and there's a great opportunity here. rss@dailykos.com (Dirk Thrust) Barack Obama BarackObama HouseCounting John McCain JohnMcCain Mc7Cribs _572141 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:02:14 +0000 Russia ATTACK!!! https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/28/558414/-Russia-ATTACK Palpably Magoo is not a happy camper at the moment, even the Bush administration seems to have turned their back on him, refusing him even the tiniest of favors to bomb, bomb, Iran. Instead, they seem hell bent on adopting Obama's loony liberal, soft on terror ideas, and opening up a bit of dialogue with the bad guys. But, Magoo knows wars aren’t won by talking, he knows how to WIN wars properly, you know, by using special secret strategies and breaking things and hurting people. Here’s a man who knows how to win wars, he’s a self-proclaimed war winner, it’s his strength and he's determined to play to it. But, if no one’s at war, how can he possibly win one? Magoo needs a war and it seems he’s decided, that if no one's prepared to start one for him, he's gonna start one himself. rss@dailykos.com (Dirk Thrust) Barack Obama BarackObama commies foriegnpolicy John McCain JohnMcCain Liberals PresidentMedvedev PrimeMinisterPutin Russia SoftonTerror SovietUnion WWIV _558414 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:58:05 +0000 The House Judiciary Don’t Know What We’re Here For But It's Not An Impeachment Hearing https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/27/557715/-The-House-Judiciary-Don-rsquo-t-Know-What-We-rsquo-re-Here-For-But-It-s-Not-An-Impeachment-Hearing What a fucking circus that was! it left me absolutely livid, I lost sleep last night thinking about it and woke up this morning still stewing on it. The committee provided such a smorgasbord of contemptuous attitudes for the American people to pick from, and reserved something a little extra special for all people of the Muslim faith, not bad for a few hours of a non-event. Proceedings were actually interrupted at one point by a Republican asking how much longer it was likely to go on for, after all, some of them had to travel...travel! I really don’t know what they were doing there in the first place and feel myself in agreement with this administration’s most ardent supporters on the issue. They’re right! it was a tin-pot show (non)trial, which in a way, I suppose is fairly appropriate, for such a tin-pot show (non)administration. If that was a judiciary committee, and the inference is that somewhere in all of it, there was justice, then I’m a fucking ballpoint pen. rss@dailykos.com (Dirk Thrust) bushimpeachment HouseJudiciaryCommitttee InsulttoAmericanElectorate _557715 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:26:05 +0000 HR6304 FISA amendment - the terrorists gained more today than they ever have by blowing something up https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/6/20/539369/-HR6304-FISA-amendment-the-terrorists-gained-more-today-than-they-ever-have-by-blowing-something-up First let me say that I’ve been upset by Obama’s silence on the issue, but unlike the hordes of trolls on here today and although it's annoyed me, even made me question a little, he's still gonna get my support. I’ve thought about it a lot and seen many of the arguments for and against our beloved one and I understand most of them, but I believe that today should've been above petty politicking. Protecting your great constitution should never be a political issue, I am sure that even the founding fathers with their amazing foresight would never have considered that elected members of the US congress would one day be debating whether or not a key element of the constitution should be retrospectively amended in part to offer an amnesty against prosecution to those that had ignored it. What’s more I find it galling that these people claim to be representing ‘the people’ as I firmly believe had HR6304 been a public referendum it would have failed by a landslide. Please follow me over the hump, I really need to vent. rss@dailykos.com (Dirk Thrust) FISA _539369 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:10:09 +0000 bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran! https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/6/11/533534/-bomb-bomb-bomb-bomb-bomb-Iran Here we go, again! CNN just reported. <blockquote> At a press conference with German chancellor Merkel, Bush said that he has ‘Not ruled out military options’ </blockquote> This thing has been brewing, I mean we all know what's gonna happen here, but I'm stunned at the passivity, we seem to be accepting this as an 'inevitability'. I know, I shouldn't read anything into those recent Air Force sackings, I mean the guys nearly nuked the nation which I guess is sufficient grounds for dismissal. But, I just can't help thinking that it all conveniently fits into some grand plot to attack Didyoueatmydinnerdad and the good people of Iran. rss@dailykos.com (Dirk Thrust) Bombing Iran USAF _533534 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:27:50 +0000 Appalachia will not be a lost cause come November + UPDATE https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/6/6/511728/-Appalachia-will-not-be-a-lost-cause-come-November-UPDATE I watched the truly excellent David Novack documentary ‘Burning the Future’ last weekend. The film focuses on the effects certain coal industry practises have on the communities of West Virginia. I‘ve embedded a 2 minute preview of the movie below but there's an extended version on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1ArcylOWqw&feature=userat">Coalmine’s youtube page</a> and loads more information at <a href="http://www.burningthefuture.com">www.burninghtefuture.com</a> or at the <a href="http://www.coalmoratorium.org/">Citizens Lead for Energy Action Now - CLEAN</a>. <object width="425" height="355"><param value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kQPYKD4WGew&hl=en" name="movie"></param><param value="transparent" name="wmode"></param><embed width="425" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kQPYKD4WGew&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="355" wmode="transparent"></embed></object> It's is an all too (depressingly) familiar story about (literally) dirty business as usual, outrageous corporate abuses protected by outrageous political abuses. rss@dailykos.com (Dirk Thrust) 2008 2008 elections 2008elections Appalachians Barack Obama BarackObama Hillary Clinton HillaryClinton John McCain JohnMcCain President West Virginia WestVirginia _511728 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:16:45 +0000 Hillary’s right! It’s time to change our primary process https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/24/515757/-Hillary-rsquo-s-right-It-rsquo-s-time-to-change-our-primary-process So, shortly before Hillary's latest and greatest of unpalatable mutterings conjuring up images of assassinated presidential nominees, she had called for a change in the primary process. On the surface, unlike the extreme hypocrisy of her push for MI and FL delegates to be seated, this call seemed quite selfless, after all there’s no doubt that her campaign has benefited most from the ‘flaws’ of the current system. But, as is often with Hillary things weren’t quite what they seemed and her call was for a ’more democratic system' one in which ‘all Americans’ would be counted, she's a 'one person, one vote' kinda gal! Of course, this neatly infers that the current primary system is undemocratic and therefore any selection (read Obama) made by such an undemocratic system  has to be---well, undemocratic. Although the system needs changing the last thing it needs to be is more ‘open’. The primary process takes place in order for the membership of political parties to nominate their respective presidential candidates and as such the choice should be made solely by party members, whether Republican or Democratic. It is NOT a general election. rss@dailykos.com (Dirk Thrust) Barack Obama BarackObama crossovervoting General Election GeneralElection Hillary Clinton HillaryClinton PrimaryRules raiding tacticalvoting _515757 Sat, 24 May 2008 22:56:12 +0000 Threat of independent run gifts VP slot to CLINTON https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/9/512810/-Threat-of-independent-run-gifts-VP-slot-to-CLINTON I was reading an article on the CNN website today and glanced the comments, I guess the ‘chaos’ people hadn’t woken up by then as there were none of the usual ‘Obama’s gonna join Hezbollah as soon as he’s president’ and ‘check out this picture of Obama burning the flag’ comments, it was almost refreshing. One brief comment stood out as being pro-Clinton it said ‘Clinton should run as an independent’. It may be that the person was just trying to stir things up a little, but I have to admit the threat of Clinton running as an independent has been in the back of my mind for a while now. I remember when London held its first ever mayoral contest, the man who would ultimately became London‘s first mayor; Ken Livingstone, announced that he was going to run as an independent after having the Labour party’s nomination taken from him. rss@dailykos.com (Dirk Thrust) Barack Obama BarackObama Hillary Clinton HillaryClinton kenlivingstone Vice President VicePresident _512810 Fri, 09 May 2008 20:48:49 +0000 Dear Mr Edwards, https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/8/511765/-Dear-Mr-Edwards I’ve been resident here in the US for some five or six years since arriving from the UK. I followed politics quite closely at home but what passes for politics here in the US had never galvanized my interest on the same level, that is, until recently. We, that’s me and the rest of the planet’s population, tried to come to terms with what had happened 4 years ago when a record number of your fellow citizens re-elected a president who was in the midst of executing perhaps the most unpopular US foreign policy in world history. This election gave him a pretty strong mandate to continue his extremely unpopular policies, he had received more votes than any president before him. Wow! I can tell you we were stunned. rss@dailykos.com (Dirk Thrust) 2004GeneralElection John Edwards JohnEdwards Obama _511765 Thu, 08 May 2008 16:37:34 +0000 There’s nothing remotely super about being undeclared! https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/7/511287/-There-rsquo-s-nothing-remotely-super-about-being-undeclared So, I guess it’s onwards and sideways for this torturous nomination process and here are a few of the reasons offered up as to why it should go on, all are crap; - The DNC wants the loser to feel ok about their loss?1?!? - That they want some time to work out a way to seat the Florida and Michigan delegates. Well fuck me sideways with a fishfork, they need more time! - That they don’t want to leave ‘white’ voters feeling overlooked by the Democrats?!?!? I assume that means Kentucky and West Virginia and that somehow ’white’ voters have been overlooked in previous states. - Others were saying why not let her roll through another month, adding the caveat that two months ago we didn’t know that reverend wright would be an issue and therefore who knows what may come out in the next month or so. So there we have it, I guess those not particularly super undeclared delegates are gonna hold off from jumping in and giving this remarkable candidate the mandate he deserves from the party. rss@dailykos.com (Dirk Thrust) 2008 Barack Obama BarackObama Hillary Clinton HillaryClinton HowardDean SuperDelegates _511287 Wed, 07 May 2008 22:31:34 +0000