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A moderate, bipartisan proposal

I recently received an email from my Senator, Ken Salazar, asking to describe my concerns. Senator Salazar has proven himself to be very moderate and bipartisan, with his support of telecom amnesty,...

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A moderate, bipartisan proposal

I recently received an email from my Senator, Ken Salazar, asking to describe my concerns. Senator Salazar has proven himself to be very moderate and bipartisan, with his support of telecom amnesty,...

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House votes to sue OPEC

In one of the most insane strategies imaginable, The House of Representatives has voted to sue OPEC nations. This just came from Reuters:"The bill would subject OPEC oil producers, including Saudi...

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AP Watch: Yet another reason not to vote for Obama

I spend about eight hours or more a day working on my web site, so I am usually surfing the web for hours a day. The AP, which I still foolishly read on Yahoo, has more bullshit memes running about...

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Battle of the bands

It seems so many great bands and artists are backing Democrats, I have become concerned about who will play for the Republicans next week.

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"Watch what you say"

After the 9/11 attacks, the White House apparatchiks like Ari Fleischer where testing out the old fascist meme "watch what you say," to see how it would play. They threw around "traitor" and "treason"...

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Obama has single-handedly saved the Democratic Party

This really doesn't deserve a full diary, but I have had a growing sense of the greatness of Obama and how he has saved the Democratic Party. I pray he can do the same for this country.

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I just got a call from the DSCC

How odd. Here I am, cooking lunch, absolutely FUMING about this Lieberman affair. And the phone rings...

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Lieberman supported Republicans with cash w/ Poll

The Washington Post has an article showing that a Lieberman PAC,  Reuniting Our Country, gave $5,000 to the Gordon Smith reelection effort. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/...

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Yet Another HAHA diary (YAHD)

Since  Kos has a number of HAHA diaries today, which I read as the very edge of frustration, where you have to laugh at the surrealistic nature of events, rather than go insane with rage and...

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Army Accuses KBR: Negligent Homicide

The difference a few days make, or, elections have consequences, or people respond when they believe they can be held accountable.

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Collapse of the Prison State

California has been ordered by a panel of Federal judges to release up 57,000 prisoners, about 1/3 of its prison population of 170,00.I wish I had a little more time to present more background....

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Another Madoff suicide

Yahoo headlines today have the lede.A former British soldier killed himself after losing his life savings in an alleged $50 billion fraud run by Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff, the dead man's son...

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Drug War about to be won!

It seems that the Drug War will finally be won!Attorney General Eric Holder issued a blunt warning today to Mexican drug cartels that he said pose a national security threat: "These cartels will be...

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Administration over the line in criticising Limbaugh?

Short journal, I just know you need a major groaner today. Time defends freedom of the press, journalistic integrity and Rush Limbaugh.

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Drug Czar states "No Medical Use For Marijuana"

This just in from Medical Marijuana Project:"Marijuana is dangerous and has no medicinal benefit."— White House drug czar Gil Kerlikowske, at a Fresno, Calif., press conference yesterdayThis will not...

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Time to boycott the DSCC

With the incredible success of the Beck boycott with the Color of Change, it is now time to think about a boycott of the DSCC. I am interested in hearing your comments about whether this would be a...

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Supreme Court of Pa vacates 6500 juvenile convictions.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled late Thursday that almost all juvenile delinquency cases heard by former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella from Jan. 1, 2003 to May 31, 2008 must be thrown out....

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Good news in Denver on Medical Marijuana

Today, Chief Denver District Court Judge Larry Naves struck down the State Board of Health's attempt to redefine a medical marijuana "caregiver."Although the citizens of Colorado clearly expressed...

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Denver Evangelical church open to gays

An article appeared today on the AP on a Denver Evangelical church which has opened its doors with full acceptance to gays. The very well written article confirms a number of my beliefs about gays in...

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