Fatigue
This past Saturday, I was at an organizing session for my state Young Dems group. We were trying to come up with a strategic plan for the year that would not only come up with a set of goals, but an...
View ArticleDKos must focus Progressive energy like a laser
I am new to Kos. I've only been here a week or so but what a jewel. It's an amazing amalgamate of progressive/liberal imagination and energy. As I try to wrap my brain around the incredible strangeness...
View ArticleThe Ties That Bind
I've had it with the uber-patriotism of the right-wing, their sneers, their derision, their accusations, their claim to exclusive ownership of our common birthright. I've absolutely had it. Today is...
View ArticleWe are NOT GOING AWAY.
I've had a few days now to absorb the kerfluffle over the fact that Daily Kos, and by extension, the Democratic netroots are "imploding". It's pretty easy to spot this as some sort of effort, yet...
View ArticleA question about commitment
No, this is not a challenge to the commitment level of anyone who participates here. Rather, it is a question, designed to solicit the ideas of this broader community to help me in making several...
View ArticleBush Will Say US in Iraq Permanently + Video + Update IV
According to a Hardball report just minutes ago from Tim Russert, President Bush will "call for a permanent security pact with Iraqi Government". He will say that US troops will remain in Iraq forever....
View ArticleMr Gore is instructing each of us what "We the People ..." means. It is just...
We have the connectedness technology - it's called the internet. We have the connectedness tools - like YouTube. We have the mechanisms and the DraftGore2008 folk are deploying those mechanisms in...
View ArticleOn 4 Nov 2008 I will vote for Al Gore.
Period. Mr Gore, you have the presence, the skills, the ethics and the courage to transform America from a corporatist, militarist, elitist regime into a valid and modern Democracy. Thus, I will vote...
View ArticleNot 'Momentum.' The Metaphor for Obama is 'Gravity.'
Senator Obama has created a field. It is ever more a potent attractor because of the intelligence, creativity, empathy, commitment, fortitude, courage, selflessness, kindness, ... of all those...
View ArticleI have no information from Senator Obama
And neither do any of you. Maybe it's Biden, but you don't know that and neither does anyone else. Just saying. I've seen nothing but professionalism, exceptional clarity of message from Senator Obama...
View ArticleArticle 133 - Conduct Unbecoming An Officer
I was in the Navy for many years, eventually working myself up to a leadership position as the Leading Petty Officer (LPO) for Reactor Department onboard the USS Carl Vinson. One of the duties of...
View ArticleIn Shape Isn’t Obsessed
[Cross-posted at The Left Coaster.] No disrespect, but Frank Rich is incorrect in characterizing President-elect Obama’s commitment to fitness as obsession, which is to "to dominate or preoccupy the...
View ArticleWhy Keep Blogging?
Today has the Dog taking stock of exactly what the hell he is doing by blogging. The old hound started doing this in order to work on developing his political ideas in a rough and tumble market place....
View Article4 Shootings and a Funeral
A few days ago, I posted a diary about my community's recent tragedy- the fatal shooting of an unarmed teenager, 17 year-old Christopher Cervini. Today, after attending Chris' funeral, I feel like a...
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Nuptials Never; “I Do” Commit to Communicate
copyright © 2009 Betsy L. Angert. BeThink.org I write this reflection on, what in years past; I would have considered a couple’s certain doomsday. Within hours, Alex and Alia will walk down the...
View ArticlePerhaps Progressives Like the Iranians Need to Take to the Streets
Bill Maher say's that Democrats have become the new Republicans and other analysist suggest that the country is slowy drifitng to the right! How can this be? http://www.huffingtonpost.chttp://ww...
View ArticlePrimary Them, If They Can't Read the Writing on the Wall.
The plain fact is, There are folks up in Washington who have their heads stuck too far in the past, and up something that almost rhymes with that word. Now, if we can't bombard these oblivious,...
View ArticleWhat Has Cynicism Gained Us as a Party?
We have to recognize something going forward here, folks: Cynicism is our enemy. Our enemy is the blatant disregard for the needs of the country, in the favor of a wealthy, powerful few. Our enemy...
View ArticleWhy doesn't Obama consider Diplomacy in Afghanistan?
This Tuesday Obama is supposed to announce his decision on troops and Afghanistan (the last guess I heard was 30,000 as opposed to the 40,000 the General asked for) and we will once again see our...
View ArticleThe Overton Window And Changing In An Age of Decay [Updated]
Crossposted from ePluribus Media.One of the biggest factors that President Obama and the US now face with regard to financial, healthcare and climate issues is the Overton Window: The Overton Window is...
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Morning Feature: Commitment (Meta Monday)
The Blogistan Polytechnic Institute resident faculty were muttering about "commitment" as they made their way from the wine cellar library where they'd spent the weekend drinking thinking on our motto...
View ArticleIs Monogamy Realistic in Today's World?
As a person who has been married for 16+ years, I know that marriage has it's ups and downs. But it seems to me that this has been a pretty rough year for marriage in the media. You know the names:...
View ArticleSaving Lives. One Mile at a Time.
On Friday, I wrote a quick, stream-of-consciousness diary talking about my upcoming training run. It was filled with nervous energy, a lot of talk about my brother's situation (battling cancer) and...
View Article"A Guy Who's Not Good at Meeting Girls"
I just came across the best description of Obama and the Democrats in Congress in a comment on a recent Krugman piece. I just had to share it! The Left, and this administration, reminds me of a guy...
View ArticleNever forget... his life is on the line!
Admittedly I’m about as old as dirt. And I’m so old school that I’m probably one room. But that fact gives me what you might call the long perspective, so if you have a minute, stay awhile and res...
View ArticleGates: YEE-HAW!! We're in Afghanistan Fer F*ckin' Ever!
http://www.nytimes.com/... "And don't bother me with definitions." According to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, we will, for all practical purposes, never leave Afghanistan.
View ArticleKeith and John are getting married! Happy Hour!
This is truly a happy day! One of my best friends has finally found the right one for him. John proposed to Keith (my friend), and Keith said YES! They are getting married in December. Well....not...
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So I Found An Old, Hand Carved Dog.
'she let me know that she was running with the wild dogs now, the ancient ones and that she was very happy and living a dogs true life.' . . . There I was walking Ellie on her usual walk to visit her...
View ArticleLiving our politics. Can we do it?
We began thinking like this during the early days of the 1960s movement. If you preach, then practice it. You are either part of the solution or part of the problem. No, working for candidates and...
View ArticleMy World Hasn't Changed in 4 Years
In 2008 during Obama's first run at the presidency I wrote the following in response to an article on a vitriolic and hateful McCain/Palin rally (Breathtaking Ignorance Captured on Film at...
View ArticleChoices Are Stronger Than Feelings
We lament our weakness, but then let that supposed weakness discourage us. Perhaps our biggest problem is that we've learned over the last thirty years to take rejection and misfortune to heart,...
View ArticleOne Gravestone
The Oaklawn Cemetery in downtown Tampa FL is the oldest cemetery in the city, dating back to 1850. It contains the graves of the victims of seven wars and five yellow fever epidemics. But there is one...
View ArticleTomorrow is the Marine Corps birthday
The commandant issues The 239th Birthday Message. I got my USMC commission in June 1957 after graduating from IIT in Chicago in the NROTC program that paid for my education. I'll say more about this...
View ArticleSanta Claw's 2015 Rocket Launcher
Thanks for checking out Santa Claws 2015 Rocket Launcher DiaryHappy Holidays and Wonderful New Year ~ Every Bold Quote has a video music performance so enjoy the show! Invoking the best in the...
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Broken New Year’s Resolutions?
Have you broken your New Year's resolutions yet? If so, you're not alone. A study at the University of Scranton reported that 36% of participants had broken their New Year's resolutions by the end of...
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Mockingbird: from Atticus Finch to Rachel Dolezal
When Harper Lee published To Kill a Mockingbird in 1960, the concept of the White, Southern country lawyer defending a Negro accused of touching a White woman was inspirational. It showed how...
View ArticleAre you a Democrat?
At first glance, that seems like an easy question, particularly for those of us who live in states where we register to vote by political party: what does it say on your voter registration?But when we...
View ArticleHillary: Lame Duck from Day One
I believe in reasoned debate and positive, uplifting blogging. However, I have to express my admittedly personal, passionate, and extraordinary disappointment in the continuing prattle that Hillary...
View ArticleSay No to Bread and Circuses
We're in the throes of our current pre-election blather: how wonderful I will be for all of you or my selected group; what scurrilous things about your private life I can uncover to blacken your...
View ArticleStaying Grounded for the Long and Hard Fights Ahead
It’s been eight nine days. Only and already, and the world seems utterly transformed. Have you regained your equilibrium yet? No, I do not mean to encourage you to go back to “normal,” whatever that...
View ArticleLet's Make a Pact
I left this site for a while after the election. My heart sank like everyone else. I couldn't even talk about it until this week. I really care for this community and the people on here. You guys have...
View ArticleWanted a revolution, but got the wrong one
Bernie Sanders fought for a social revolution with the goal of economic prosperity for every American. Instead, we got an economic revolution with the goal of greater prosperity for wealthy Americans...
View ArticleNot Just A Memory, A Commitment
It is almost Memorial day and Tom Brokaw is once more celebrating the greatest generation. Somehow I find it particularly appropriate for him to honor the men and women of that generation at this time...
View Article43 years ago today was a Friday
Although I was a smoker (something that caught up with me last year, four decades after I quit, when I had to get a stent to control an aortic aneurysm), I rode home from Philadelphia in a non-smoking...
View ArticleRehabilitating Franken: Can it Be Done?
I have to admit that the Franken situation disturbs me, though Conyer and many others also disturbs me. However, the zealtory and rabid attacks on Franken’s accusers because Franken is involved is...
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Top Comments - We Can Face It Together
Tonight … yes, lots of thoughts, lots of feelings. Rant diaries await, topical diaries await, but I don’t sense the need for those tonight.A special friend on Facebook is demoralized. Last night, in...
View ArticleTruth Justice and the Academic Way
Truth justice and the academic wayOn the floor of the U.S. Senate, Congressman Adam Schiff recently referred to Robert Kennedy’s writings on the rarity of moral courage. My husband demonstrated moral...
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