Obama's veep selection is hidden in this diary!!!
Okay, I know some of you have been complaining that Barack's been Biden his time with this veep choice thing, but don't believe everything you Reed. The choice has already been made -- they just have...
View ArticleConfessions of a Concern Troll
In recent months, this community has increasingly flattered me with recommended diaries, digg requests, personal friendships, and even job offers. You have praised me when I've said something cool,...
View ArticleThis diary interrupted by a text message.
I am absolutely flabbergasted at the anger over Obama not texting them as promised. Yeah, it sucks, but Obama's not the one who broke the promise -- it was leaked, and most certainly not by the...
View ArticlePictures that are, and are not, Sarah Palin.
Okay, since the blogosphere is going nutty posting pictures of the pretty next Vice President of the United States (ha, ha), I'd like to point out a few things about the three most popular pics of...
View ArticleOur anti-McCain ads are going on the air! (w/your help!!)
After I posted my little "concept ad" a couple weeks ago... ...I received literally hundreds of emails from my fellow Kossacks and others asking how they could put this ad on the air. Now we can!
View ArticleMcCain hates Palin?
What a difference a couple months make. I was looking for more research on McCain's anger problem, and stumbled upon this Reuters piece from May 7, 2008: McCain Jokes About Legendary Temper
View ArticleHelp me, Googlers! Need data for new ads.
Hey all! I'm concurrently working on a few new ads for October ad buys, and I wonder if any of you can find -- from reliable, quotable sources -- the following necessary information. (I've been having...
View ArticleHelp us increase our TruthandHope.org ad buys! (New ad!)
Good evening! We've launched an expanded version of TruthandHope.org today to further detail information about the organization, and our current and future ad buys, as well as adding new ways to donate...
View ArticleWonderful new ad from TruthandHope / LocalVoices!
Hi all! Not to steal Eugene's thunder here, but I think he's away from a computer for a while longer today, and I just uploaded the first Local Voices ad to http://truthandhope.org/ and want you to see...
View ArticleFour new videos from Mamas for Obama!
Boy, we're keeping busy over at TruthandHope.org! As many of you observed yesterday, we got to launch Lee Hirsch's first "Local Voices for Obama" ad, which I love:
View Article"Surveys Split on Who Has Lead in Presidential Race"
That's the headline of a Wall Street Journal piece today. "Surveys Split on Who Has Lead in Presidential Race." You can read it here: http://online.wsj.com/... What does the article say?
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The "mutilated" victim admits making it up! (Updated)
Final Update Attend the tale of Ashley Todd Her skin was pale and her eye was odd Claimed her face was scarred by Obama's men Who never thereafter were heard of again... Original Diary From KDKA: A...
View ArticleMike Huckabee, my father, and the future of American politics
I had watched a couple of minutes of Huckabee's Fox News show before, but it was during a Joe the Plumber segment and, sorry Joe, I just think that particular individual's fifteen minutes are up. But...
View ArticleObama called "REDISTRIBUTOR", not the n-word, at a Palin rally.
I would have posted this earlier, but apparently a diary I made at midnight last night prohibited me from making a second diary in a 24-hour period. So I waited, had some wine, waited some more, and...
View ArticleOh Noes!!! Not my Pushing Daisies!!!
I was just about to set my Tivo (actually a ReplayTV, but "Tivo" has become a generic synonym for DVR, kinda like "Xerox", and is the only word you can justifiably use as a verb) to record the...
View ArticleFox: Is Obama an African-American, or a Human Being?
I was looking at FoxNews.com, and noticed an article I haven't seen discussed yet today on DailyKos. In a piece debating whether Obama's infomercial was a success or failure, we get the following...
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Bizarre video of McCain hitting on Anna-Nicole Smith
Remember when, only hours after the Sarah Palin announcement, someone posted the following image: And we all got quite a chuckle?
View ArticleOh Noes!!!! Obama flipped off McCain!!!
Folks, lets face it. The race is now over. Drudge is leading with a picture of Obama flipping off John McCain. What a disrespectful uppity punk.
View ArticleOpen Letter to Obama: I am a Type 1 Diabetic
There was nothing I could do to prevent this disease. It is not related to diet, or exercise, or any choice at all. Type 1 Diabetes is a roll-of-the-dice congenital condition that any one of you...
View ArticleGay Marriage and the Incest Question
Let me be clear on two points, before I begin. I am a strong gay marriage supporter, though I think it should be fixed on the federal level. Forcing a couple to stay in a specific state, in order to...
View ArticleI'll say it: not everyone who opposes gay marriage is a bigot.
There is currently a quite well-written and passionate diary on the rec list entitled "It's not Obama I'm mad at; it's way too many of you". Not suprisingly, it's currently on the very top of the rec...
View ArticleHCW!
In the great tradition of GBCW diaries, I offer my own $0.02. To Dansac and others, I'd like to say that I, too, have been increasingly frustrated at the Purity Trollification of DailyKos since the...
View ArticleConfusion over the "Golden Rule"
This posting started as a comment in "Mom, why did the Rabbi lie?", but got too long so it's a diary instead. :) In said diary, ChuyHChrist recounts a story of her Rabbi teaching the Israeli side of...
View ArticleThis is fun: "Obama will never be elected President"
Doing some googling; thought I'd share. The recent frontpaged diary about the Guantanamo myth reminded me of allllllllllll those sites which, some even right up to election day, insisted Obama would...
View Article"The party of tax cheats."
For all the talk of "change", it seems that money and tax problems are casting a long, cooling shadow over Obama's commitment to an ethical administration. First it was Richardson: About two weeks...
View ArticleMy take on the AP "Hope" copyright suit (with video!)
Hey all! As many of you know, I run a small web design and photography studio here in Michigan. I also teach courses in Photoshop and other design software. Earlier today, Kos posted a diary decrying...
View ArticleYes, we should have ended filibusters when we had the chance
I was rereading some of my old DailyKos posts, and came across one from September 2005, around the time most people were advocating the filibuster of Roberts. Republicans had control of the White...
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Redesigning U.S. currency: who should be on the bills?
Hey all! I was having a little creative fun last night, and thought I'd take a stab at redesigning U.S. currency for visuals, safety features, accessibility, etc. My first attempts were posted last...
View ArticleThe "3,077 county" strategy. The "19,355 city" strategy.
Hi all! I'm pleased to announce that after years of being told "hey, you guys need to start a political consulting company", fellow Kossacks Eugene, Bryan and I have, indeed, started a political...
View ArticleMy questions: help me understand single payer
Over the years, I have indeed been won over to the belief that universal health care coverage should be the right of every citizen of a prosperous, industrialized nation. Though I once opposed a...
View ArticleGinsburg spectacularly wrong on Ricci, Title VII
Once or twice a year, I find myself siding wholeheartedly with the conservatives and against the liberals on the court (Kelo, for example). This is one of those times. You promise a group of...
View ArticleDiabetes, Gay Rights, Parenting, and Prop 8
As some of you know from previous writings, I have Type 1 (Juvenile) diabetes. It requires multiple daily injections of different types of insulin, and can never be cured or managed by oral...
View ArticleThe seven percent solution (an option to buy into Medicare)
No, not the 1970s Sherlock Holmes novel. :) I'm referring to a fair way to pay for a "Public Option" that uses a fixed percentage of income to determine premium costs. This is not an original...
View ArticleHealth Care Venting Diary (it's free!)
I feel like I'm at my breaking point. I feel like I'm ready to give up on the Democratic party. I feel like the Nader voters are right -- there really is no substantive difference between the two...
View ArticleBlue Cross, Hospital Conspire to Deny Health Care Worker Health Care
This is truly an "only in America" story, but not in a good way. Certified nurse assistant Amelia Mendoza, 52, of West Covina, was physically attacked by a patient while working at Huntington Hospital...
View ArticleWhy is Judaism considered one of the "big three" religions?
We often read or hear about the so-called "big three" religions -- always listed, in some order, as Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Christianity and Islam are indeed the two largest religions...
View ArticleCaft Fheck: Ooblic Poption Opported ooby Baromba!
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View ArticleMy Christmas Eve Health Care Story
The Illness As some of you know, I am a Type 1 Diabetic. Also called "Juvenile Diabetes", Type 1 Diabetes actually has nothing in common with the far more prevalent Type 2 Diabetes -- they're...
View ArticleMy Christmas Eve Health Care Story
Note: This is a repost of an article I originally wrote on Christmas Eve, which few people read (it being Christmas Eve and all), but I received several personal messages urging me to post it again,...
View ArticleNeed help! Insurance / Health Care Bill Question (w/poll!)
Seriously, this is driving me nuts. I can't get straight answers from anybody, including my Senators -- and every expert, doctor, or Kossack I talk to gives me a different opinion. I currently have...
View ArticlePledge to Fight!
Even last night, when it became clear that Brown was going to win, Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele defended and confirmed his recent remarks that Republicans wouldn't take over the House in...
View ArticleDemand the Nixon Health Care Plan
Republicans are going to call any plan from the Democrats "socialism". This is what Democrats don't get. It doesn't matter how left-wing or right-wing the bill is. The Republicans are going to call...
View ArticleFrom the Detroit Metro Airport McDonalds
Everyone told me to give a lot of extra time flying out of Detroit this morning. With extra security measures, I was advised to arrive "at least two hours" before departure. I thought this was a...
View ArticleOur experiment: Giving Republicans 100% control of Michigan
For the first time in thirty years, a single political party controls 100% of all practical political power in Michigan. Voters elected a conservative Governor (with an ultra-right-wing lt. gov) by 20...
View ArticleI think I'm done, too. :(
I worked so, so, so hard to get Obama elected. So many hundreds of hours. But the Paulites and Naderites may have been right all along -- there is no longer any substantive difference between the two...
View ArticleHow I'd design the new DailyKos (and why DK4 doesn't work)
It's incredibly rude to come to a website run by hardworking people and criticize their design and layout choices. It's like being invited as a dinner guest at a person's house, then telling them...
View ArticleHow to get through to conservatives re: Net Neutrality
I too am baffled at the widespread misunderstanding and fear of Net Neutrality. Conservative websites, pundits, and friends of mine are absolutely convinced it amounts to "government takeover of the...
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Is America really pro-choice?
Every year, Gallup releases a (relatively) in-depth survey on American attitudes toward abortion. In the last two years, the "pro-life" position has been in the lead (51-42 in 2009, and a slimmer...
View ArticleExplanation from a tech expert
This diary is not directly about the evidence surrounding the Weiner photography, and its alleged authenticity (or lack thereof). But as one of those annoying "tech experts" who occasionally comes...
View ArticleWhy "pro-life" and "pro-choice" are meaningless terms.
As mentioned in a recent Front Page story, Herman Cain made waves recently by simultaneously declaring that life begins at conception, and his opposition to abortion, while making the libertarian...
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