I’m leaving Daily Kos. I am leaving as a response to my being tired, and the fact that I have to be up for work at 7:06.
I am not leaving forever. And I’d like to be clear that I’m not being dramatic about leaving by writing a lengthy, self-involved diary about this. I’m not pissed off that I think Markos lives in a different time zone than me, and therefore gets to stay up later, sleep in longer. Am I jealous? Yes. Do I want to live in a similar time zone? That means that I’d be at work later than I am now, so probably not. But, at the end of the day, I’m going to go to bed when I have to, and Markos is going to go to bed when he has to.
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After propping up and backing up Nouri al-Maliki for years, the Bush administration was handed its worst nightmare when the Iraqi Prime Minister called for a timetable for troop withdrawals.
How did they respond? The White House fell back on its own old tricks, calling Maliki "misinformed" on Iraq and that he does not understand what it's like to see his own people die.
An alternate title of this diary could have been: Why I've given up on the media, polling companies, and America, possibly New Mexico, most of Planet Earth and Some of Those Damned Star Trek Alien Species--Y'Know, the Ones That Look More Human Or Whatever.
While its moment has passed, for most of this morning on the Boston.com website affiliated with the supposedly decent Boston Globe newspaper (or as I prefer to call it, the New York Times, but with a couple articles about Dorchester thrown into the classifieds), had the following AP story:
By organizing the following events on election day we can reduce turnout of McCain supporters and improve our chances.
All day BINGO marathons.
Pin the blame on the illegal immigrant festivals.
The one day only 24-hour early bird special at Denny's.
A live Wayne Newton concert on pay-per-view.
Anti-doesn't-think-exactly-like-me parades across the country featuring Evangelical leaders reciting leviticus.
Shut down a street near the polling place and set up huge bright orange detour signs pointing out the exact directions in big black letters and watch as they still go to wrong way.
A matenee triple features of The Passion of the Christ, Expelled, and Steel Magnolias.
The first ever live execution, for best results should feature a minority.
"Throw the pie at Bill Clinton" events across the country.
Polling places in areas that will require them to turn left.
Hi, how's it going? All right? Pretty much on track? Good to hear.
I know I've asked for your help, your time, and your money. But today I'm asking you to dig deep and give me your particular insight, your agenda, your experience.
Because I've come from nowhere to run for the highest office in the land, have a funny name, defeated the best, well-oiled political machine in the country for the primaries, raised tens of millions of dollars, apparently connect with people as no one has a long time. And apparently you think I'm a freaking moron.
Washington, D.C.(Steveyoungonpolitics.com) - In a break with tradition, and in an attempt to counter Barack Obama’s announcement to accept the Democratic presidential nomination at Denver’s 76,000 seat Invesco Field at Mile High, John McCain will accept the Republican presidential nomination on the Robert Street Bridge, a reinforced concrete multiple-arch bridge that spans the Mississippi River in Minneapolis-St Paul instead of the Xcel Energy Center, site of the party's national convention.
1693 - Uniforms for police in New York City were authorized on this day.
1987 - Lt. Col. Oliver North became a daytime TV star, pulling in more viewers than many game shows and soap operas. He, his glitzy, tailored uniform, and his ribcage plastered with medals captured center stage as the Iran-Contra hearings were televised throughout the U.S.
COINCIDENCE? I think NOT!
Quote:
"Wisdom comes by disillusionment."
-- George Santayana
I know you just came out with your endorsement. But maybe it's already time for you to reconsider. After all, you still have your lifetime of hard work and credibility still intact. Barely.
Now admittedly, the edited version of the McCain plan you endorsed leaves out his promise to balance the budget and has nothing about the deficit or the debt (I know you know the difference even though he does not). And for good measure it also leaves out the gas tax holiday. I guess you folks couldn't quite swallow what he was actually saying, but then if your endorsement leaves all that out "endorsement" leave all that out, what's left?
"The McCain administration would reserve all savings from victory in the Iraq and Afghanistan operations in the fight against Islamic extremists for reducing the deficit. Since all their costs were financed with deficit spending, all their savings must go to deficit reduction."
Seriously? Really? That is what you earned your PhD for? To associate your name to that vacuous piece of circular illogic and
The Ryan for Kentucky campaign in Kentucky's First Congressional District recieved a huge setback in Murray this last Saturday, as Ed Whitfield received a huge endorsement. It came as quite a surprise to everyone there, and will probably make a huge difference in this race. Ryan for Kentucky was stunned, but vowed to keep fighting.
Barack Obama : is he opposed to war (as he was in 2007) or against the war (as he says he is now) or ending the war (as he will be in 2009). For someone is supposed to be able to talk good, he sure seems to be prone to editing.
I hate cars. I hate them. I hate driving them. I hate being a passenger. I don’t like crossing the street in front of them. I don’t like being anywhere near them.
Yet, they are everywhere. Every single time I step from my apartment, there they are. Hundreds and hundreds of these steal monstrosities flying around, dominating the cityscape. According to the United States Bureau of Transportation Statistics, every year about 40,000 people die in the US due to auto accidents.
1930 - Construction began on Boulder Dam, later Hoover Dam, on the Colorado River.
2006 - Saddam Hussein began a hunger strike to demand better security for his lawyers. Three of his lawyers had been killed since his trial began in October 2005.
COINCIDENCE? I think NOT!
Quote:
"The faith in which I was brought up assured me that I was better than other people; I was saved, they were damned. . . . Our hymns were loaded with arrogance--self-congratulation on how cozy we were with the Almighty and what a high opinion he had of us, what hell everybody else would catch come Judgment Day."
"History does not record anywhere at any time a religion that has any rational basis. Religion is a crutch for people."
-- Robert Heinlein, 1956
