http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sat, 25 May 2013 14:34:47 Sat, 25 May 2013 14:34:47 There are a lot of facets involved in this question. Let me start from my point of entry. I believe, based on the environmental, economic and civil liberties policies of President Obama that it is against the interests of America to vote for either him or any likely GOP candidate in 2012. The time i... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Admiral Loinpresser/43 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:01:59 maintained in that status by the two major political parties?

[div class="excerpt"] And the banks -- hard to believe in a time when we're facing a banking crisis that many of the banks created -- are still the most powerful lobby on Capitol Hill. And they frankly own the place.[/div]

Senator D... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Admiral Loinpresser/42 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:14:08 OWS, the Democrats and the survival of civilization.

Most on this website are aware that the economic elites have led us on an unsustainable path for the last 30 years. But are you aware that we have been careening toward environmental catastrophe that might well mean the end of civilization? The... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Admiral Loinpresser/41 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:51:52 For example, Maher had Grover Norquist on his show last Friday and said something so stupid that it made my head hurt. He said Ronald Reagan was an “old school” Republican. The context was that Reagan had agreed to six or seven tax hikes during his two terms.

The idea that Reagan was “old school”... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Admiral Loinpresser/40 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:27:20 The Democrats on the "Super Committee" are offering massive cuts to Medicare and Medicaid as part of the austerity package being negotiated, according to Reuters. Organized labor is outraged by this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wba0ZPjmuMI

http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2011/10/26/democra... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Admiral Loinpresser/39 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:35:10 N.B. For the context of Part 1 you can find it at my journal on this website: http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Admiral%20Loinpresser

Why do I do this? Have I become overly “Oprafied,” i.e. willing to discuss publicly my own personal situation? The answer is that freedom means nothing lef... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Admiral Loinpresser/38 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:51:52 Occupy Human Dignity: My Story (Part 1)

When Occupy Wall Street started on September 17 (if memory serves), I became ecstatic. Since Reagan got elected I had had very few moments of political hope and had come this year to a point of utter hopelessness. Then people started taking to the streets. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Admiral Loinpresser/37 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:01:42 This video was previously on the Greatest Page, but profoundly bears repeating. For me it is the clearest and most compelling explanation for the global Occupy rebellion, based on science. I believe its viewing should be required viewing for US citizenship, both for those who already enjoy that stat... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Admiral Loinpresser/36 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:10:44 [div class="excerpt"] "Sooner of later, your karma will run over your dogma."

I have no idea what that's supposed to mean, though your use of the word "karma" seems to indicate that you subscribe to some sort of ideology of your own.[/div]

Whenever any ideology attempts a comprehensive social,... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Admiral Loinpresser/35 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 02:30:57 October 5.

I have seen many Obama supporters on this website who praise and participate in the Occupy movement. I have also seen many on this website who oppose a great deal of his policies, likewise praise and participate in the Occupy movement. This is very encouraging.

I heard a prominent D... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Admiral Loinpresser/34 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:05:25 Thank you to the person who asked me to post this.

One meme used to attack the movement, both in the press and on this website, is that there are no articulated, coherent demands coming from Occupy Wall Street. The OWS General Assembly is working on that and I would like to add input in that spir... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Admiral Loinpresser/33 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:54:53 September 26, 2011.

I am a lifelong Democrat. One week from today, I will change my voter registration status to independent. The reason is that on October 1, Medicare will be cut 11% for nursing homes which provide care for some of our most vulnerable citizens.

[div class="excerpt"] Nursing... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Admiral Loinpresser/32 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:12:51 Currently, the top five topics on the Greatest page on DU are related to class warfare.

On this website, to at least this extent, the #OccupyWallStreet movement is gaining attention. What do you think?... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Admiral Loinpresser/31 Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:40:59 [div class="excerpt"]“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”[/div]

Ghandi's formula is relevant to the #OccupyWallStreet movement.

http://thinkexist.com/quotation/first_they_ignore_you-then_they_laugh_at_you-then/214891.html

We're moving into stag... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Admiral Loinpresser/30 Sun, 25 Sep 2011 02:21:57 Churchill uttered these immortal words when fascist forces had until only recently seemed invincible in Europe, North Africa and the central Pacific. The Allies had been taking it and taking it. Fascism is very focused and effective at acquiring power, but abysmal at sustaining it, as ideology takes... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Admiral Loinpresser/29 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 02:54:54 I saw a claim while watching the live feed from Liberty Plaza this morning, that the official list of proposed demands for #occupywallstreet is located at:

http://coupmedia.org/occupywallstreet/occupy-wall-street-official-demands-2009

Does anyone know if this is true?

I read the minutes of... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Admiral Loinpresser/28 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:53:57 I posted what follows at the bottom of this post almost four years ago originally. The sarcasm and unbelief with which it was met were expected. But the enhanced effects of climate change and Obama acting like Neville Chamberlain may cause some to re-consider. I re-post it now in the hope that it is... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Admiral Loinpresser/27 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:21:12 http://www.democraticunderground.com/cgi-bin/duforum/duboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=4443&forum=DCForumID22&archive=

This contains some good information on the DLC.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Admiral Loinpresser/26 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:02:14 "When you pray, don't be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I tell you the truth, that is all the reward they will ever get."

- Matthew 6:5

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/jun/11/public-prayer/?letters_to_editor... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Admiral Loinpresser/25 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:56:26 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2kTy7glZ9s

The idiocy of Milton Friedman.

In the youtube video above, he makes an inherency argument against the welfare state (e.g. Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare): he says it is inherently economically inefficient for two reasons; 1) taking wealth from... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Admiral Loinpresser/24 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:20:51 A modest proposal: old fashioned Republicanism with post-Viet-Nam dovishness

Thanks to Marmar's journal!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x540672

American policy, both foreign and domestic, seems to be based on the insanity of (in Noam Chomsky'... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Admiral Loinpresser/23 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:04:47 From what I have heard, poor people will be forced to pay a health insurance premium for a policy they can't afford to use. In other words, the health care bill is a poor tax.

Anybody know the scoop on this?... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Admiral Loinpresser/22 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:10:12 Is Obama Flunking His First Term?

I admit I have a definite opinion that Obama has done a terrible job so far. But I have to make a further admission, namely, that I am not as well informed as I should be on the accomplishments of his administration so far. So thi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Admiral Loinpresser/21 Sat, 29 May 2010 20:56:20 on the one hand he has said "trust me," and I feel the urge to do so.

"Well, thank you for feeling that way about me. Please trust me to make good decisions about where I can do the most good, and don't automatically assume that running for President again is the right thing for me to do. If you ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Admiral Loinpresser/20 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:37:46 In one Sopranos episode, Carmella seeks out the advice of a psychiatrist because of her internal conflicts in enjoying a Mafia-funded lifestyle. The psychiatrist informs her that he will not accept her money and that she is morally tainted by association.

"You are on a morally fatal path," he tel... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Admiral Loinpresser/19 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:57:37