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barbtries's Journalwanna talk about how bad democrats are at getting out their message?
i just got up. my routine is to go to the - what used to be the msnbc page - nbc news now, and watch rachel maddow while i get ready for work. these are the "politics" headlines available at this moment:
where's the president's name? it shows up one time. romney, FOUR headlines start with his name.
notice the story about the disclosure bill that the republicans blocked: "Senate blocks action..." no, motherfuckers, it was the REPUBLICANS in the senate who blocked that bill!
this is not the fault of the democrats. this is corporatism. not the news. they don't care about us or the country.
i feel sick.
also i am so tired of democrats bashing democrats for what REPUBLICANS do. it's like we get mad at democrats because they haven't succeeded at training a wave not to hit the beach.
what happened?!
i'm on vacation. i'm getting about 5 to 10 minutes of DU time a DAY right now. something happened at a press conference. what was it? links anyone? i know i should be outraged but i don't know what happened!
i start on the home page and the trending now posts are full of this event. help. thank you.
Today's the Day!
GO WISCONSIN DEMOCRATS!!!
i can't believe how emotionally invested i am in a race that's taking place in a state i've never even visited...but i am. WI you have my best wishes, juju, mojo, energy, prayers if you will. amen
absolutely SUCKS
i listened to part of NPR's coverage of tomorrow's election in Wisconsin on my way home from work. as i so often do, i slammed in the CD in disgust before it was over. i listened longer than usual because i wanted to know if they would report on walker's legal problems. this is what i heard:
- walker is ahead in the polls (by how much, or how little you bastards?! they didn't say)
- if walker wins it's BIG BIG trouble for democrats and unions
- if walker wins it's trouble for the obama campaign
- if walker wins romney will be all over WI
- because of their fears about all of the above, top democrats in the state tried to head off the recall; they didn't want it to happen.
and that was it for me. i'm starting to think that NPR's adherence to false equivalencies has mutated into outright advocacy for republicans. it is really starting to make me sick.
question about the health care act.
does it include a provision to tax the sale of a home an extra 3/4%?
a friend got a freepy email and is trying to verify. thank you!
suggestions requested.
i'm studying up on my sample ballot. who you voting for? and why should i?
i haven't been paying enough attention, that's bad, but i work all the time so that's my lame excuse.
i know how i'll be voting on the amendment though.
MoveOn doing a poll
i got this email today.
Dear North Carolina MoveOn member,
We need your help making an important decision: What position should MoveOn take on Amendment 1, which would constitutionally ban marriage equality in North Carolina?
i immediately voted and mentioned in the comments that for this proposed law, i was surprised they asked.
now i'm going to donate to protectncfamilies.org
is MoveOn losing touch? or is it part of their charter that they cannot take a position unless the issue has been properly polled?
silly pet peeve.
i don't like the word "folks" - it's like some kind of forced "folksiness" or something. i wish PO and his wife would both just say "people."
people are having a hard time. i'm trying to talk to these people. people just want to take care of their families and know they won't go bankrupt if they get sick. people need jobs. and so on.
i know it's kind of silly, but it gets on my nerves, folks.
triangle DUers: i need a mechanic.
i had a really good one but his phone's disconnected. a light has come on in my 2004 VW Jetta that i need to get checked out. if you know of a good mechanic (back yard mechanics are my favorite), please respond or PM with information.
thank you!!!
PS - has a meetup been planned for this month yet?
the best thing i've read about Breitbart today
[link:http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/01/1069795/-Marking-the-Death-of-an-Evil-Person|
Don't mistake my relief for glee. I'm not glad he's dead. I am relieved. It is a great relief to me to be able to say those few words--whose relevance and veracity no one can honestly dispute.
I sympathize with the bereaved. Most of us know what it is like to be personally bereaved. It sucks. Other people, by their bias or ignorance, saw Breitbart in a different light. We are all entitled to our own perceptions. I would never give my opinion of Andrew Breitbart at his funeral (as if I would even go), and I don't support dancing on other people's graves.
Rather, Breitbart's passing is a one-time occasion to condemn him for the evil he did to this world, and then to let go of our resentment of him for his crimes. With these few words I hereby accomplish exactly that, at least for myself. The people who say "now isn't the time" or "it isn't respectful" can go suck a lemon. They do not know what they are talking about. If we would ethically show quiet respect for a person in death, then our enmity toward that person in life was wrong. And if the enmity was not wrong, then quiet respect is hypocritical, and an abrogation of our obligation to bear witness to history.
more at link http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/01/1069795/-Marking-the-Death-of-an-Evil-Person
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