Roberts: How did your senators vote?
I'm surprised this hasn't been posted here yet. Here's the final confirmaton vote broken down by Yeas and...
View ArticleHow to save money -- ask your grandparents
I've been very encouraged by the past couple of days here. I've seen some really great threads come out of the Obama diary, and so I'd like to take things in another direction for my diary today. How...
View ArticleNo more horsedrawn primaries
This has been bothering me for some time now, and the past 2 elections have brought this to a boil. Why the hell does California have no say in who is chosen to run for president? Why do Ohio and New...
View ArticleI was just polled about eminent domain & Bush
Recording Lady just phoned me up and asked me a buncha questions. The first 2 were about Bush & the Governator's overall performance, but the rest were about eminent domain.
View ArticleRice reveals Bush 9/11 agenda: remake Middle East
Just got an email from Barbara Boxer (prolly lots of you did too). I was encouraged by the good stuff, then she hit me with this shocker. It was like that time that I was in wood shop and a piece of...
View ArticleThe (non-GOP) elephant in the room re: oil (Poll)
http://www.cnn.com/... Okay, so I'm reading this collection of emails sent to CNN regarding oil prices. The article is related to the Senate hearings on record oil company profits and so on. Some of...
View ArticleUnited States of WalMart - they seek 25% of GDP
I just heard this on Al Franken and my jaw dropped... I couldn't believe what the guest, Mark (didn't catch the last name), had just said: "Walmart is currently 2% of the entire gross domestic product...
View ArticlePATRIOT Act Extension passes House, 251-174
Read it and weep:http://news.yahoo.com/..."The House voted 251-174 to approve a House-Senate compromise that would modify and make permanent most of the Patriot Act's 16 expiring provisions."
View ArticleSenate on PATRIOT Act - good news, bad news
Before my trip to the doctor's office today, I thought I'd flip on C-Span 2 to watch a little of the discussion regarding the upcoming vote on the USA PATRIOT Act tomorrow. My own Senator, Dianne...
View ArticleThe Cult of Bush: It's a dangerous religion
We now have a scientific explanation for THEM, otherwise known as Freepers, Wing-Nuts, Neocons, etc.Is Bush Worship a Cult? Oh yes... it's a cult all right.
View ArticleIMPEACH: What I did today (and should have done)
Keeping the great tradition of KagroX and others alive... the daily IMPEACH thread! Heart pounding in my throat, I finally got up the guts to post my first IMPEACH sign. I've been looking for a good...
View ArticleIn Mourning for My Life and Yours: We're Screwed
We are, as a society, teetering on the crumbling edge of a chasm. Sooner or later we will lose our footing and fall, either plummeting straight down to our doom or scrabbling along the walls for a time...
View ArticleCA-19: Cox is battling Radanovich!
I've been hearing that Radanovich (R) is running uncontested in my district... but -- what ho! Today I found out that there is one Dem who has at least filed to run against him! I'm positively giddy...
View ArticleYou Are Eating Oil
(Written by request and stemming from a discussion in Jerome's latest peak oil diary.) One aspect of peak oil that is generally ignored by those who believe biodiesel will save the world is that of...
View Article"The economy was pushed," they'll say later
Did you hear the news? Coming soon, 1500 more communities will be able to buy cheap plastic crap from China! Get out the party hats and blue vests! That's right kids, WalMart's coming to town! But what...
View ArticleI AM THE CHANGE
And it's all your fault! Well, the faults of several Kossacks anyway. And especially this thread:http://www.dailykos.com/... For a long time my email signature was the Gandhi quote "First they ignore...
View Article"Cease and Desist" order filed against Bush
I just got this in my inbox. I'm not sure where it came from or what this means, but it's very interesting... A lawyer is going to try and file a criminal murder and human rights violation complaint...
View ArticleGOOD GRIEF! Harry Reid is falling for it too!
I got an email from Harry Reid this afternoon. And yes, it was a standard form letter sent out to many thousands, if not millions, of people who had somehow gotten on his list. Usually I just delete...
View ArticleSunflowers for Russ Feingold
Remember that campaign to send roses to Sen. Barbara Boxer? She received a total of 4,506 roses from people all over the country, if not the world (I know I sent some!) courtesy of Coast to Coast...
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