Glenn Beck lying again
Or I guess I should say "lying still." Nevertheless, This recent commentary by Glenn Beck, of CNN provides a pretty good example of how conservative commentators distort Sarah Palin's record.In this...
View ArticleFix the Bailout-but give Obama a chance
So far, as I have read through many diares here and especially on Open Left, there seems to be a significant current of opinion that Obama and the Democratic leadership have already caved on the...
View ArticleKOS is Wrong: Conservatives are not making sense
Conservatives, due to their ideology, do occasionally stumble upon half truths. Conservative opposition to the current proposed bailout is one of those examples. There are others as well-such as...
View ArticleKos and Bower have jumped the shark
Here is Kos earlier today referencing Bower's assertion on Open Left that there is no crisis. To be fair, Kos hasn't quite "gone there" yet, but he comes close in this diary. As I continue to follow...
View ArticleObama in Portsmouth, Ohio Thursday
Barack Obama will definitely be in Portsmouth, Ohio, this thursday evening. The exact place is yet to be set as the final location is still awaiting approval by someone in Chicago. There's a better...
View ArticleObama in Portsmouth, Ohio Last Night
This diary follows Pragmaticus' brief account of this morning of Barack Obma's visit to Portsmouth, Ohio last night, where he spoke on the green at Shawnee State University before an estimated crowd of...
View ArticleCharlie Wilson and Scioto County Democrats for Obama
"They" would never support Obama..."They" would all remember that Hillary lost and hold a grudge. Who is "they" and why did anyone think this? The "they" is Scioto County Democrats and last night at...
View ArticleDid Palin Officially Step over the line now?
Personally, I've considered her rather snide, condescending tone since the Convention to be inappropriate for the position for which she is running. And her constant references to "socialist" and her...
View ArticleOne sentence is not a diary-and Zogby
is not a serious pollster. I was waiting tonight for that leaked poll result to Drudge and it never showed.At the risk of being accused of not writing a diary, I give you Zogby's latest (O 49.5, M 43:...
View ArticleJury duty X2: Moving the Goalposts
Several years ago I had the somewhat frustrating (yet also deeply fascinating) experience of sitting on a jury. That last experience gave me a first hand view inside the drug war. Today, unfortunately,...
View ArticleAre they freakin' serious?
There has predictably been a lot of discussion about Matt Taiibi's piece on Obama's recycling of Bill Clinton's centrist economic advisors. I'll address that issue below, after I discuss the latest...
View ArticleTweety Bird: "Netroots not real Democrats"
It seems to me that the diary title alone almost says it all. This evening, just minutes ago, as I was listening to Tweety Bird pontificate about health insurance, he finally hit a new low.According to...
View Article"I thought you might enjoy this video"
Here it is.I hope you read the rest of the diary before you rate me as a concern troll. Someone I know, who is in a position to be harmed by the policies of the people who made this video, sent it to...
View ArticlePlease Ban me from Daily Kos
I post this diary with full knowledge that it will apparently result in my being banned from Daily Kos. If critical discussion of the roots of U.S. foreign policy and its contradictions are sufficient...
View ArticleZogby/George Mason Economists Ignorant
In a recent Wall Street Journal Article George Mason University Economics Daniel Klein discusses research he recently conducted with Zogby that purports to show that liberals are "economically...
View ArticlePalin around with "liquidate, liquidate, liquidate"
Palin’ around with "liquidate, liquidate, liquidate" In his famous (or infamous) advice to Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Treasury Andrew Mellon provided the following policy advice to Herbert Hoover as...
View ArticleNever let a chance to screw faculty go to waste
First, I want to begin this diary with acknowledging some really excellent series about education that have focused extensively on the negative trends in K-12 education. I then want to continue and...
View ArticleOhio’s Union Busting University Presidents : Hiding Behind Yeshiva (and Bruce...
While a significant amount of attention has been focused on the efforts to eliminate collective bargaining for public employees in Wisconsin, Ohio has received little attention. My own, unscientific,...
View ArticleTruth, accuracy, Title IX and Laura Kipnis
Laura Kipnis a professor of film at Northwestern University, recently became entangled in allegations that she had engaged in retaliatory behavior under Title IX of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. So what...
View ArticleRap, Rap, Rap: You might want to look behind you...
That's what the very rude woman said as she stood at my table in the Mexican Restaurant, rapping her knuckles firmly on the table to get my attention and that of my colleague. She spoke in a way that...
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