Take Back OUR Language
This is my first diary, long time reader, occasional commenter but of all the issues discussed here, this one REALLY BUGS ME. And if you're a Democrat/Liberal/Progressive it should you too. I...
View ArticleThe Boogeyman and the Straussian Elite
The Straussians' core beliefs feature the neccessity of a boogeyman to keep the people in line with fear and to suck their money out of their pockets and into the "right" pockets. Asshole 1 let it slip...
View ArticleDoing my bit with Monkeymail
This came from one of my nice wingnut clients- she is a genuinely sweet person who just can't imagine that everything she has been led to believe politically is a lie and those she supports are...
View ArticleBig Daddy Conservatives
In an LTE diarist Pen, a Big Daddy Con revealed a psychological tick in a reply to Pen's discussion of a "Free Market Solution" to Latino immigration. Pen's respondent posited the curious notion that...
View ArticleEveryone knows Government Doesn't Work!
Cheap Labor Conservatives love to smear government. It's "inefficient" it's a damn "bureacracy"- y'all know the drill. They've done this becaue they know damn well it does work and they want it working...
View ArticleWhat Dems SHOULD Say about Immigration
I like simple wedges against the Cheap Labor Conservatives (CLC's) using their own "free market"theology dogma. As we (or most of us know) the entire "illegal immigrant issue" is an attempt by the...
View ArticleNo More Bush 1 Retreads!
With the nomination of yet one more Bush 1 retread and prbable criminal participant in the crimes of that ugly Administration, here's what we need to start beating into the Dems heads, now. NO MORE...
View Article48 Years Ago Today
The music died.A long, long time ago... I can still remember how That music used to make me smile. And I knew if I had my chance, That I could make those people dance, And maybe they'd be happy for a...
View ArticleIranian Devils!
Umm Maybe not.From an Iranian friend, a little historical accuracy, or at least the other side of the story- the individual, Cyrus Kar, making this film was held in Abu Ghraib. He is an...
View ArticleWhat Democrats Really Need to be Running Against
Looking at how the Fred Thompson candidacy is unfolding and all the Rovians flocking to it I can see it now- the second coming of St Ronnie as a DC outsider, and looking at the current Dem filed...
View ArticleThe 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. . .
89 years ago a great tragedy came whimpering to a close, and though guns fired and men died right up to that moment for a war that had effectively been won back in September, the guns along the Western...
View Article"Because the President's my friend."
Bill Moyers: My Father and FDRBy Bill Moyers, TheNation.com. Posted November 22, 2007.Note: Bill Moyers gave the following remarks at the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute's...
View ArticleACTION ALERT 24 Hours to Stop The FCC
I did a search and didn't find this diaried yet.Call Your Senators!
View ArticleMonkey Mail Obama Smear Job
The first of what promises to be many more monkey mail smear jobs on Obama in my inbox and from of all people, a Thai client of mine. I'm half way tempted to post up the 100 or so unhidden email addys...
View ArticleWhere Were You 40 Years Ago Today?
I had gone to bed right as the state was called for RFK, it was late to be up for a 14 year old high school Freshman so I didn't see anything that had happened afterwards. It was a big night for me, I...
View ArticleIt Had To Be Said
45 years ago today, the naked Fascist era of American Ruling Class Depedations began.I know we say it every year, but it does seem like yesterday and at the same time, another time and place...
View ArticleConsortium News NEEDS YOUR HELP
Pulitzer Prize nominated author Robert Parry left the TM years ago when it became apparent the TM had no interest in upholding any of the values of REAL Journalism. He started his own investigative...
View ArticleIt Wasn't "Conservatism" it was Bush!
Backlash Against Bush Apparent in RNCWith six candidates competing for the party's helm at the winter meetings this week, some committee members are determined to remove the current RNC chairman, Mike...
View ArticleThe Irony of Torture
The infamous Korean War Chi-Coms and their "brainwashing" techiques are revealed to be once more, one of the authoritarian playbooks of the GOP. The 3 hour hates conducted by the Cystboy and Hannity...
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