http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:13:36 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:13:36 For too long has your legacy has been overshadowed by a usurper. May your spirit be at peace.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Autonomy/23 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:24:43 I am getting a bit annoyed at the narrative being developed that Letterman's "Palin Jokes" were in bad taste, bad jokes, poor judgment, and worst of all, offensive to women. I thought the jokes were funny and hit the mark. It seems to me that Letterman calling the jokes "in poor taste" is just doi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Autonomy/22 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:28:23 Track, Willow, Trig, Bristol, Piper. Meet the Palin brood! Apparently liberal Hollywood celebrities are not the only ones who like to give their children offbeat names (in order: a thing you run on, an 80's George Lucas film, a field of mathematics, a town in Connecticut, and a type of plane).

Ju... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Autonomy/21 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:50:19 I'll start with the standard disclaimer: I don't usually do this, but...

[i]I'm all for investigations, not only will we uncover the leaker of Classified information to the NYT I think in review of the history of this war to date, it appears that the Democrats sure did put a lot of bank into thin... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Autonomy/19 Sun, 12 Nov 2006 21:09:45 Has anyone else noticed that the news, CNN, MSNBC, newspapers, etc., have been showing more about the Iraq War, actual footage and actual in-depth analysis of what's happening on the ground, since Tuesday (election day)? It sure seems like it to me.

My take: the news outlets waited for "permissi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Autonomy/18 Sat, 11 Nov 2006 14:32:30 I have, in my short time participating [b]IN[/b] (not on) [b]Democratic Underground[/b], gotten sucked into many a knock-down, drag-out argument. Sometimes these arguments were disguised as polite debates; other times, they were neither disguised nor polite. It's more the latter type that I wish to... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Autonomy/16 Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:44:32 [div class="excerpt"]A classic riddle:

Q: What's the difference between a duck?

A: One of its legs is both the same.[/div]

The Democratic Party has two wings, as daily demonstrated by some of the many conflicts on liberal blogs. We all know the arguments; "so-and-so is not liberal enough" ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Autonomy/15 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 03:04:45 On the night Stephen Colbert gave his now-famous WH Press Dinner Speech televised on C-SPAN, I went against the grain and posted that I thought Colbert flopped. Many on DU that night argued vehemently with me, but I held my ground admirably. I was sure Colbert flopped, even though I thought he was... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Autonomy/14 Mon, 22 May 2006 12:31:43 Congratulations on getting the word out. Congratulations on be willing to take a chance once in a while.

Fact is, regardless of whether or not [i]truthout[/i] was correct or not, it's not a that big a deal to me whether someone gets a story wrong [b]in good faith[/b] once in a while. I don't r... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Autonomy/13 Wed, 17 May 2006 19:07:47 There are two strategies to get our message out: 1) speak the truth, 2) stop the right-wing propaganda butt-cold before it spreads into mainstream discourse. The following post is an example of the latter strategy:

There's a cut-and-pasted meme running like a virus around right-wing websites tod... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Autonomy/11 Sat, 13 May 2006 18:41:31 Conservatives are lining up to bash the president on his spending, spying, and immigration stance, and they're not bothering to wait behind the Democrats who've been bashing Bush for years. So does this bipartisan Bush-bashing mean the Democrats are finally in a position to win an election this yea... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Autonomy/10 Fri, 12 May 2006 11:48:37 Republican talking heads are trying to tar Democrats with a Scarlet "[b]I[/b]". The talking point coming out of Repub Central is to scare voters away from the angry, radical Democrats by accusing them of planning to impeach the president. Russert and Matthews are both doing their jobs as Republica... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Autonomy/9 Wed, 10 May 2006 02:50:23 Someone settle this dispute, please. Preznit Bush claims we’re fighting [link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060505/pl_afp/usattacksbushwwiii_060505220719|WWIII]. Osama bin Laden insists that he’s resisting an invasion by European [link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12554687/site/newsweek/|crusader... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Autonomy/8 Sat, 06 May 2006 12:31:04 Terry Jeffrey, a Republican shill said today, in reference to Porter Goss's sudden resignation, that the CIA needs to be overhauled because "we did not have one single agent reporting from the ground in Iraq about weapons of mass destruction." (Jeffrey on CNN)

He's not the only one. Several Repu... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Autonomy/7 Fri, 05 May 2006 17:08:52 but Renaissance-era English primogeniture, the vestige of the dying feudal system, created the greatest middle-class in history. When the highly educated latter sons of an English nobleman or aristocrat came of age, they often went into military service, trades, politics, science, religion, or the ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Autonomy/5 Fri, 05 May 2006 01:11:39 It's funny. All week the pundocracy and the blogosphere have been at loggerheads over a comedy routine. With the multitude of constitutional crises leaking like sewage from a septic White House, retired generals and high-ranking intelligence officers lining up around the corner to bash their forme... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Autonomy/4 Thu, 04 May 2006 23:05:10 Make one choice for each question, and mark the letter on a piece of recycled paper.

1. What kind of car do you drive?

a) a compact car that gets good gas mileage
b) a hybrid
c) an electric car
d) a Cadillac Escalade SUV
e) pedal power for the people! only savages drive cars

2. When wa... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Autonomy/3 Tue, 02 May 2006 01:09:50 [div class="excerpt"]Cole Sear: I see dead people.

Malcolm Crowe: In your dreams?

(Cole shakes his head no)

Malcolm Crowe: While you're awake?

(Cole nods)

Malcolm Crowe: Dead people like, in graves? In coffins?

Cole Sear: Walking around like regular people. They don't see each... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Autonomy/2 Mon, 01 May 2006 15:23:00 With President George W. Bush now implicated in the scandal to out a covert CIA agent, his presidency is at a crossroads of perpendicular angles. The president most certainly broke the law and endangered national security, and being that the U.S. is a constitutional republic, the law necessitates t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Autonomy/1 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:03:07