John McCain's Name Problems
John Sydney McCain, the presumptive Republican candidate for President in 2008, is facing increasing questions about how his name may influence independent voters in the upcoming elections. Satire...
View ArticleThe Death of "Terrorism" - Thoughts on AP & Ricin
I keep reading the following sentence (in various forms) in online news reports of the ricin incident in Las Vegas:Mystery Surrounds Ricin Find at Motel By KEN RITTER, AP...Authorities said there was...
View ArticleHow about some great news!
I just thought the community could use some universally positive news from yesterday's Ohio Primary, and here it is:"November will bring a rematch in Ohio's 2nd Congressional District of Democratic...
View ArticleHillary's graceful exit from the race - PA victory!
After watching way too much political coverage last night, I dreamt again of politics. This time, however, I woke up with a good feeling - a way out of the Democratic mess. Hillary Clinton wins PA,...
View ArticleImportant NYT Article on High School Dropout Rate
Sorry for the short diary, but this is really just a recommendation to read the NYT article today [3/20/08] entitled "States’ Data Obscure How Few Finish High School" by Sam Dillon. Like Mississippi,...
View Article4th Amendment and "Domestic Military Operations"
Speechless... From AP and TalkingPointsMemo.com quoting a classified Justice Department memo (October 2001):"Our office recently concluded that the Fourth Amendment had no application to domestic...
View ArticleWould McCain ‘08 Victory Require a Supreme Court Ruling?
Let me start off by saying - this isn't going to happen. I strongly believe that the Democrats are going to win this November - but I learned an interesting fact today, one that I don't think is...
View ArticleDid McCain Choose His Own VP? [Waffle Edition]
I know this is a short diary but I saw the following article at CNN today:"Sources: McCain to reveal VP Friday in Ohio".The article/commentary on CNN's political ticker by John King and Dana Bash...
View Article"Let's Put Health Records Online"...McCain @ Debate
One of the most frightening things I heard during the debate last night was the following quote from McCain regarding improving health care [transcript from CNN]:And we need to do all of the things...
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Smile - Share your Barack-O'lanterns
Can't take credit for this one - some co-workers not on Dkos but strong Obama supporters made this from a template last night - thought that many of you would enjoy the smile.Share your "Dkos Orange"...
View ArticleProposal - National Robocall Legislation
I know that our obvious focus is on the outcome of Tuesday's election, but after reading more diaries about Robocall's in various states, an idea occurred to me. I don't know if such a thing already...
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Do Not Give An Inch! w/ photo New Haven, CT
Got to vote in New Haven CT this morning (Ward 17, Firehouse), only to see this dreadful image as I walked to the ballot box. The door to the polling station was just behind the truck. Seemed to be...
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