http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:44:03 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:44:03 Not Discouraged, Abandoned
By David Glenn Cox


Last month the number of Americans who lost their jobs was revised down to 467,000, just under a half a million. The total number of newly unemployed now stands at 14.7 million people. That number was revised downward 358,000 by a government techni... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Daveparts/433 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:09:33 GM’s Free Ride
By David Glenn Cox


A free ride on your dime, that is. Let us dispense with all talk of welfare cheats and lazy, good for nothings that don’t want to work until we deal with the king of welfare cheats, the king of free rides, and the king of government handout checks.

Under th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Daveparts/432 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:16:29 Coming Soon, to a Life Near You
By David Glenn Cox



The other day I went with my son to the metal salvage yard. We had been cleaning up the shop and had two or three engine blocks plus the usual amalgamation of sheet metal. We pulled into the yard to wait in line for the weigh-in scale and in... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Daveparts/431 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:16:25 The Triumph of the Republican Will
By David Glenn Cox

First let us be clear, “I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.” Such is the case with the Republican Party as it loses ground in the last two elections cycle... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Daveparts/430 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:25:54 Saving Tinkerbell
By David Glenn Cox



My November dreams have become restless nightmares now, as I toss and turn unable to find rest. Night figures haunt me, walking alone and in groups alone in the shadows, yet even through the darkness I can see their faces. Pale and gaunt, tight with anxie... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Daveparts/429 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:47:07 The Ticking Clock
By David Glenn Cox


The clock ticks just the same each second as the hands point to the different hours. Day, night, morning, evening, and still the clock just ticks away the seconds. Listening to the ticking obscures the facts that things are changing quickly and that many of... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Daveparts/428 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:12:40 A New Beginning
By David Glenn Cox



Political parties, like people, have a life span, but unlike people they are driven by their relevance. Political parties which are no longer relevant cease to exist.

The Republican Party is a perfect example; its central core values of low taxes, small... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Daveparts/427 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:23:50 Et tu, Brute?
By David Glenn Cox


It cannot help but be noticed that DU has installed a new ratings system allowing readers the option to recommend or un-recommend a given piece. Whether intentional or not this is a system of self-censorship. Since recommends convert directly into readership c... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Daveparts/426 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:00:19 Newt’s Solution to the Crisis in Iran
By David Glenn Cox


His solution is state-sponsored terrorism which he justifies as necessary. The former speaker of the house interviewed on Aljezeera “Fault Lines” program, which will air Saturday July 10 at 7:30 Am EDT, and will then be repeated through ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Daveparts/425 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:22:26 Fixing the Leak
By David Glenn Cox


We are what we are; we are good and bad, strong and weak, intelligent and stupid. Yet here we are. As President Kennedy once observed, “Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's f... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Daveparts/424 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:15:04 Me? I’m Just a Blogger
By David Glenn Cox


There are times when I struggle to write the things that I write. Not because I struggle to find stories but because of the overabundance of stories. First there's the crooked media, unworthy of the title “media” but more generally deserving of being c... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Daveparts/423 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:22:32

Dude! Name My Company and I’ll Give You Money, I Promise
By David Glenn Cox


I was perusing the ads the other day on a web site that sounds like eggs list. Sometimes you kind of reach a point where you become immune to the advertisements, but sometimes the absurdity breaks through and you f... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Daveparts/422 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:14:21 The Message of Benjamin Franklin
By David Glenn Cox


I was asked: what are you proud of this Fourth? Currently? Very little, but I see the future because the past is the future. These people that we were, are unusual in their patience and uncommon in their valor.

When the rupture with the Br... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Daveparts/421 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:36:55 The Lies of Truth; the Truth of Lies
By David Glenn Cox

I have lost the ability to trust; I have lost the ability to have faith in the system or in its politicians. I have no faith in the right or in the left, no faith in the new right or the new left. We have on the one hand fascists and on the... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Daveparts/420 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:13:27 Thirty Days in the New America
By David Glenn Cox


I write with both anger and frustration at a people so insolated and conditioned like Pavlov’s dog that they have lost the ability to feel, to empathize with their fellow man. We had another murder-suicide here in Atlanta so I went to my browse... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Daveparts/419 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:19:30 President Calls on Congress to Supply $200 Million for Homeless



Unfortunately the 200 million dollars in aide is not for the homeless in this country it is to assist the homeless in Pakistan. The money is included in a new aide package to Pakistan that will triple US assistance to $1.5 billio... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Daveparts/418 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:15:43 Life in Oz
By David Glenn Cox



Earlier this week President Obama told reporters that he didn’t think another stimulus bill would be necessary at this time. Yesterday Warren Buffett said that he thought another round of stimulus would be necessary. I think that they are both wrong.

Obama is... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Daveparts/417 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:01:47 Breaking an Anvil
By David Glenn Cox


There are products that are exquisitely difficult to design and manufacture; then there are others that are literally hard to screw up. I had a friend who worked at a plant that made those restaurant to-go boxes. You drop the pellets in one side of the mac... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Daveparts/416 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:03:30 Spare Parts
By David Glenn Cox


There are few people in this world that I wish hard tidings upon, some, but few just the same. Generally they fall into three categories. The first are the media rich who offer us suggestions as to how to climb to their lofty level without having wealthy birth pa... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Daveparts/415 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:24:24 The Ghosts of Detroit (Part 2)
By David Glenn Cox



It was Durant who invented the modern car company, different models in different price ranges with different features all made with basically the same parts. The problem was Durant was a victim of his own success, he kept on buying more and m... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Daveparts/414 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:13:20 The Ghosts of Detroit
By David Glenn Cox


For the most part they have been forgotten; they are just empty, vacant memories like the empty, dilapidated homes which line her once proud streets. It was a land once ruled over by giants, captains of industry and labor and political thought.

Of co... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Daveparts/413 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:14:17 Endless War, Empty Goals
By David Glenn Cox


The headlines could be from 2003, 2004, 2006 or 2008, and nothing changes.
“Rescuers Search Iraq Blast Site” “US Base Attacked in Afghanistan” “US to improve Afghan Training.” If this were World War Two, the Yalta conference would have been two yea... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Daveparts/412 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:15:00 The Outer Limits
By David Glenn Cox


It would seem that we have lost momentum; our sails have gone slack and there is no need to man the tiller, for we are not moving in any appreciable way. In the run-up to the presidential elections, mass campaigns were afoot to end the wars in Iraq and Afgha... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Daveparts/411 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:13:31 Through the Looking Glass
By David Glenn Cox


The only thing we know for sure in Iran is that we know nothing for sure. The United States, through the CIA, has pursued an ongoing, clandestine war against the people of Iran for the last six years. Opposition groups have been funded; covert milit... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Daveparts/410 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:09:48 On Behalf of Moxie, Blackie and Myself
By David Glenn Cox



I would like to thank everyone for their care and concern on behalf of Moxie, Blackie and myself. If this country were governed by the people, this country would be a different place, but that really ain’t no never mind. I didn’t writ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Daveparts/409 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:12:19