Border security (between Bush and Delusion)

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Thursday July 12, 2007 · 8:24 PM PDT

2007/07/12 · 20:24

Recently, John Edwards released a press statement, already diaried elsewhere on DailyKos. I reproduce the first sentence here:

The president's remarks today defending his Iraq policy without regard to actual facts border on the delusional.

Mr. Edwards, I am afraid President Bush crossed that border some time ago. Frankly, I think the border between Bush and delusion needs a lot more security. Maybe I should form a heavily-armed militia group that patrols that border and stops him from attempting to cross illegally. That border is way too permeable, and it is a grave threat to national security.

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Thursday October 26, 2006 · 11:56 PM PDT

2006/10/26 · 23:56

Just got back from this event, which was pretty cool. I'm very familiar with Kos and Lakoff, and know a lot about Joan Blades' MoveOn.org, so there wasn't a whole lot of new information for me. Lakoff talked about framing and the goals of the Rockridge institute, Markos talked about his favorite people-powered candidates, etc. I hadn't heard of Paul Pierson before. (Robert Reich couldn't be there due to a family emergency.) Here are some points I remember from the evening's panel discussion [More below the fold...] Read More

Moore's Law of the Netroots, or Why We're Underestimated

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Sunday June 11, 2006 · 4:26 PM PDT

2006/06/11 · 16:26

Lately, there's been a good deal of talk about how those of us in the NetRoots or Lefty Blogosphere or Progressive Blogosphere are filled with a false sense of self importance. The snide dismissals go something like this: "Look at their record. They failed with their candidates in 2004. They failed with Paul Hackett. Tester is the exception that proves the rule. Lamont...well, he's a fluke and Joementum Lieberman will crush him." The Hartford Courant quotes Liberman:

"I'm heartened by that record," Lieberman said Friday, smiling.

He was referring the defeats of the DailyKos supported candidates in 2004 and Paul Hackett in 2005. Read More

Blogometer accuses Markos of Hypocricy on Lieberman

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Saturday June 10, 2006 · 3:00 PM PDT

2006/06/10 · 15:00

UPDATE: Blogometer posted the version of this I sent to them. You can see it at the link below.

In this recent post to the Hotline Blogometer, the author accuses Markos of hypocricy in his support of Lamont against Lieberman:

"The larger lesson Markos took from the story is that Dems ought not sacrifice winning candidates to the whims of single issue groups.

There's just one problem. Substitute "Iraq" for "abortion" and "CT" for "RI" and suddenly Markos becomes everything he hates about the Democratic Party."

I don't know if or how Markos will respond, but as this seems like an accusation directed at the whole Netroots left, I felt moved to respond... Read More

Corporations Without Faces: A Rant

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Saturday May 13, 2006 · 12:59 AM PDT

2006/05/13 · 00:59

"How can they meet us face to face till we have faces?"
-C. S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces

"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stomping on a human face -- forever."
-George Orwell

In this diary, PerfectStormer asks those calling the phone companies (to protest their cooperation with the NSA) to be nice to the call center reps they talk to. I certainly agree with this request. Certainly, one should be nice to people. I'm originally from Minnesota, after all. Being nice makes things more pleasant, and in most cases it's a better way to get what you want. Who wants to do a favor for an asshole? But something about this request for kindness brought up anger in me. I had the vague feeling that I was being had. Not by the diarist, whose earnest plea provoked sympathy. But by the circumstances which put a decent, innocent person in the path of my real and genuine anger. When we are angry with someone, we "tell it to their face", don't we? And what is a call center rep but the face of a corporation? Read More

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Border security (between Bush and Delusion)

Some points from Kos' Berkeley appearence

Moore's Law of the Netroots, or Why We're Underestimated

Blogometer accuses Markos of Hypocricy on Lieberman

Corporations Without Faces: A Rant