A fundie and his mule
Now this explains a lot! Santorum, O'Reilly and other righties have explained to us the slippery slope of homosexuality and bestiality. You know, love someone of your own gender and pretty soon you'll...
View ArticlePlease Step Up to Take Back Your Party
Apparently fat cat donors are not opening their wallets to the DNC because they aren't sure they like Howard Dean. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_23/c3936057_mz013.htm...Dean's...
View ArticleDean say GOP "white Christian party"
Oh boy, the gift that keeps on giving from our Howard "I just told the truth and they thought it was hell" Dean. This should be a lively 4 years. Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean,...
View ArticleWhen the fat cats attack Dean (and they will)
https://www.democrats.org/epatriots/give.html?sourcecode=E008977We've got Dean's back! Help stop the fat cats in DC attacking Howard Dean. An attack against Howard Dean is an attack against the...
View Articlewrangling with the DCCC
I just got a solicitation call from the DCCC. I let the guy give his (long) spiel but had to stop him when he tried to have the DCCC take credit for Paul Hackett. I think the guy was really caught off...
View ArticleJesus would be proud
I'm not even a Christian (altho I admire Jesus' teachings), but when I saw the photo's of this woman Jesus' beatitudes popped into my mind.http://tinyurl.com/b72nf andhttp://tinyurl.com/8b8bk I know...
View ArticleDemocratic Wins in Asheville, NC
National DFA List candidates (and locally DFA endorsed) Holly Jones (24%) and Robin Cape (20%) win seats on Asheville city council, from a field of six. http://tinyurl.com/... Ashveville elects it's...
View ArticleHarold Pinter's Nobel Lecture Slamming US lies & terrorism
I apologize in advance if this has been diaried. I tried a search but couldn't come up with anything. This is a speech that Harold Pinter -- British playwright, poet and political activist -- gave on...
View ArticleTop US scientist leaving for Asia
Yep, top US scientists are going to Asian shores where cutting-edge reality-based thinking is appreciated. Another thanks-for-nothing to the faith-based anti-science party that is driving America's top...
View ArticleBush hears dissent in Charlotte, NC
The AP called it "a face-to-face verbal assault on President Bush". The Charlotte Observer called it "a first amendment moment". http://www.charlotte.com/..."It" being 61yo patriot Harry Taylor...
View Article"Mount Rahm " and Aravosis
"If Democrats win back the House, this guy gets all the credit". http://americablog.blogspot.com/... Thus declares John Aravois over at his blog, Americablog.com. "This guy" being Rahm Emmanuel....
View ArticleUS Embassy in Iraq: slave labor?
I don't really have time to do this story justice but I wanted to diary it so that perhaps someone with more time can elaborate. As many of you know, the US is building itself one of the largest, most...
View ArticleNCDP bats for Kissell, NC-08. Will you?
It's not over in NC-08 folks. Larry Kissell, our real-deal progressive 'everyman' may yet be going to congress. NC has a terrific young progressive state party chair in Jerry Meek. He has been a huge...
View ArticleKissell NC-08 closing gap
This race is still within grasp of winning. When the votes are counted, they are going Larry's way. Robin Hayes, the Republican incumbent, now has only a 329 vote lead over Kissell, making this the...
View ArticleNeuro lyme and Bush
It was revealed today by the WH that Bush was treated for Lyme diseaselast year. His doctors described it as "early, localized Lyme disease" after developing the characteristic bullseye rash.It is...
View ArticleWhat I want to know is....(re WikiLeaks defense)
Why the hell isn't it a Democrat making a speech in strong defense of the principles of WikiLeaks?It's a rhetorical question. I know the answer: the Third Rail in American politics is not Social...
View Articlefor lefty's not voting
Yeah, I know that over the past couple of years more than a few of us here in Kos-land thought we couldn't bring ourselves to vote in 2012 for BHO. It turns out that many of us are not that idealistic,...
View ArticleAgain, on same page as Dean
Back on April 5th I wrote about how Obama's latest betrayal of cutting Social Security benefits may be the last straw for me, the line in the sand in which I would switch to Un-Affiliated.Well, it...
View ArticleCandidates donors matter a lot
I saw this 2004 interview of Bill Moyers with Elizabeth Warren when she was still a Harvard law professor. They were discussing bankruptcy. Warren described how she had written an op-ed on a pending...
View ArticleHillary, Climate & Credibility
Climate change is one of my top considersations for why I am supporting Bernie Sanders. The effects of climate change will be upon us ever more significantly year by year, not decade by decade. if we...
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