http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 22 May 2013 06:24:13 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:24:13 ...I noticed he was singing from the same page as the rest of the GOP choir. Very disappointing, because initial news stories suggested he would take the high road. But the more I hear from him, the less I think he has anything to distinguish himself from the rest. See below.

http://jon2012.co... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CBHagman/100 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 09:26:10 That's really the most I can say about them, and they don't deserve anything more.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CBHagman/99 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:35:16 I just watched the clip. Meh. It's not particularly clever, and the depiction of the church, clergy, and parishioners is generic and vague enough to make it unclear which denomination they are spoofing. It's a rather pointless commercial, bound to offend some, but I assume Frito-Lay is operating ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CBHagman/98 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:57:49 Time today is short and I'd just like to say this:

The notion of baby boomers being spoiled and coddled is nothing but a myth that's bandied about in the media by those who have spun postwar prosperity, rising numbers receiving post-secondary education, and a plethora of societal shifts (the ri... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CBHagman/97 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:34:46 It takes [b]67 votes[/b] to pass it. Look at the makeup of the Senate and do the math.

An August report on NPR:

[b]The new START treaty calls for significant reductions in the deployed nuclear weapons of both countries. But it may have a hard time getting the 67 votes in the Senate required ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CBHagman/96 Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:20:50 During impeachment I remember Charlie Rangel (D-NY) addressing his Republican colleagues: "You have brought hatred to this floor!"

http://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/20/nyregion/most-moderate-republicans-in-northeast-vote-with-party.html?pagewanted=1

But in retrospect impeachment seems mostly a te... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CBHagman/95 Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:59:50 So Sarah Palin is leaping right into the arms -- or is it the ring of hell? -- occupied by Karl Rove, Lee Atwater, Steve Schmidt, and Richard Nixon. That says more about her character, or the lack of it, and intellectual capacity, or the lack of it, than anything...... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CBHagman/94 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:32:58 Mind you, I think Palin is more deserving of censure than of pity. A woman -- or man, for that matter -- of good character, common sense, and patriotism would never put Palin forward for the running mate position. She clearly doesn't have the temperament, the brains, or the experience to serve as ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CBHagman/93 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:39:09 The record is a little fuzzy, but basically Palin seems to fall on the side of those who believe deregulation and the free market will provide affordable health care (You may pause here to throw up, laugh, or cry).

http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Sarah_Palin_Health_Care.htm

[i]I support flex... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CBHagman/92 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:31:53 DUers, the GOP is totally relentless and totally shameless and totally hypocritical, and the media generally lets them get away with every last bit of it (excepting perhaps the cases of Bob Packwood and Larry Craig). Be ready for when 'can relatives and co-workers and pundits recycle the Fred Thomp... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CBHagman/91 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:34:51 ...the list. :eyes:

For crying out loud, McCain wants to risk placing the fate of the free world in the hands of an untested woman with no obvious skills as a national and international leader. I don't much care about the pregnancy issue itself -- it's none of our business, anyway -- but Palin ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CBHagman/90 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:47:31 Have you caught him on the stump? He comes off as scripted, sanctimonious, dithery, and mean-spirited all at the same time. If every voter had a chance to glimpse that, he/she wouldn't trust him with a grocery shopping list, let alone foreign policy.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CBHagman/89 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:47:39
There's a huge flaw in the following review: The reviewer rather stupidly sees Hillary Clinton as a Richard Nixon that Barack Obama has already defeated. Nonsense. Note that McCain relies on a Rove protege, Steve Schmidt; has repeatedly gone negative; has a noticeable mean streak ("McNasty" was... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CBHagman/88 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:34:22 Yes, that sounds contradictory.

Confidence: I'd learn how to recognize logical fallacies, learn how to disagree without being disagreeable, learn how to stand up to bullies and manipulators, learn to be respectful without being a doormat.

Humility: When I was in my teens and 20s, it was mu... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CBHagman/87 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:30:06 ...that the conventional wisdom that young adults tend to be liberal and their elders conservative doesn't necessarily play out that way ("Why Young Women Are More Conservative," reprinted in [b]Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions[/b]). In fact I was more conservative in my teens and early 20s.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CBHagman/86 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:20:25 I don't yet know all the details of why Coburn is doing that, but here's the ALS Hope Foundation's link and excerpt:

http://www.alshopefoundation.org/news.php

[i]Stopping stuff is Sen. Coburn's specialty. In a Congress that has had trouble passing even the simplest legislation, Sen. Coburn, wh... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CBHagman/85 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:04:19 [i]"Those who mock the poor insult their Maker; those who are glad at calamity will not go unpunished." Proverbs 17:5-5[/i]

Whatever your beliefs, it's not the finest part of a human being that takes time out to chortle over someone else's sorrow.

[b]Get this: Lack of empathy is the trait of ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CBHagman/84 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:47:38 [i]Some people in the US are hungry for a legitimate 3rd party.[/i]

That's just the point -- [i]some.[/i] The U.S. doesn't have proportional representation where various parties land in the Congress and form alliances or shift the balance. About a third of the voting public identifies with the ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CBHagman/83 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:39:53 There's been a media firestorm over comments Hillary Clinton made on the campaign trail regarding her decision to stay in the race for the Democratic nomination. Normally that would be nothing much to report, but here's the nature of the comments:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/24/us/politics/2... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CBHagman/82 Sat, 24 May 2008 11:35:52 Ah, sasquatch, we've always had divided electorates, scapegoating, demagogues, and some variation of "Everything would be fine if it wasn't for [b]those people.[/b]"

Of course, the identity of [b]those people[/b] varies from generation to generation and century to century and even from group to g... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CBHagman/81 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:05:47 Gerry Adams describes Hillary Clinton as "an avid supporter of the peace process. Here's a quotation from his book [b]A Farther Shore.[/b]

"On a number of occasions she sat in for discussions between us and the President. Her political instincts on issues of equality meant that she had a natura... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CBHagman/80 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:49:38 I wasn't really sure how to answer that. There are so many people whose work I admire and/or whose lives I find intriguing.

I guess the sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider fits into both categories. I've seen a lot of his work and visited his old stomping grounds in Franconia, Germany, and of cours... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CBHagman/79 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:37:18 I can make a stronger case that Arnold Schwarzenegger, Andrew Cuomo, Barbara Pierce, and Laura Welch "married power." You don't wed the elder son of a divorced nurse from Hot Springs to "marry power." I can assure you that I've been hearing about Kennedys and Roosevelts for all my life and about B... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CBHagman/78 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:32:36 ...I feel she is highly symbolic and that people respond to her the way they might to a Rorschach test. We all know how certain elements of the media and the GOP react, and anyone who hangs out at DU knows the various stances taken by our own factions.

One of the things I see happening with Hil... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CBHagman/77 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:55:26 I don't have a figure in front of me, but obviously the Iraq war, which was entered into not by necessity but by choice, has already cost hundreds of billions of dollars. Remember how the GOP pooh-poohed the notion that it could be that expensive?

And I've also read that the tax cuts of the past... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CBHagman/76 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:15:16