http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sat, 25 May 2013 23:43:47 Sat, 25 May 2013 23:43:47 Truth truly is greater than fiction.

Watching that right-wing, homophobic, xenophobic, Latino-bashing, sack-of-shit Senator Jon Kyle have to stand on the second row and applaud from behind while the crowd roared with a wave of love (it seemed like it went on forever) the heroic status given to th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/David Zephyr/92 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:45:03 President Barack Obama clearly found his footing in 2010 after a rough start in 2090. The hell-fire of two wars, staggering unemployment, a housing crisis unparalleled since the 1930's and the collapse of Western capitalism that greeted him upon inauguration tested this man and his leadership skills... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/David Zephyr/91 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:57:53 Heads up: While our sons and daughters are dying, losing limbs, and being permanently physically and psychologically wounded in Afghanistan, the Chinese are locking up investments in that country's copper mines, railroads, coal-fired power plants, minerals, oil and gas. Our blood, another country's ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/David Zephyr/90 Thu, 23 Dec 2010 23:42:30 From the time they enter school as mere children, we teach them that George Washington, the "father of our country" had chopped down a cherry tree and told told his father, "I can not tell a lie."

We teach them that President Abraham Lincoln was also called "Honest Abe".

They are instructed ea... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/David Zephyr/88 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 01:27:10 No American veteran in the history of this nation has milked (yes, milked) his time in the uniform more than Senator John McCain. I also come from a family of proud veterans from World War I and World War II to the Vietnam War and Desert Storm, but it is just awkward and embarrassing watching this a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/David Zephyr/85 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 23:19:16 Memo to Mark Pryor and any other Democratic Senator, regardless of how "conservative" or "red" you may think your State may be, understand this if you vote against ending DADT or should you not show up to vote when your vote is needed to for once and for all end this wicked, cruel and un-American po... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/David Zephyr/84 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:30:47 As the dust clears, as our fingers hopefully grow tired of finger-pointing, I want to offer some perspective from an old guy who's had over 40 years of activism within the Democratic Party. Most of all, I want to tell you that the world did not come to an end last night, and that even though the cor... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/David Zephyr/79 Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:07:24 It's no longer just a happenstance: When President Obama travels out on the campaign trail, when the crowds are, by any standard, enormous, when the power of that visual image does not conform with the corporate media's narrative, then one can now expect that there will be little to no coverage of t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/David Zephyr/77 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:12:47 After reading many of the comments here at the DU, I was able to finally see the debate myself.

While remaining a gentleman throughout the debate, Senator Reid scored point after point with every key, voting demographic group in Nevada from the middle class, women, working men and women, parents,... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/David Zephyr/76 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 02:38:35 Remember the "Silent Majority"? Well, it's back in 2010, but it's not the old Richard Nixon voting base anymore. No, there's a new Silent Majority in America. Oh, it's still silent. And it is the majority. But make no mistake, there's been a tectonic shift culturally, racially and demographically fr... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/David Zephyr/73 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:46:28 And it was great seeing both Senator Russ Feingold and Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin united together with that young crowd.

The President seems invigorated. I like that.

And who knows? With Rahm Emanuel leaving, with Larry Summers leaving, with Tim Geitner probably leaving, and with sterling ind... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/David Zephyr/71 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:04:55 Harry Reid and the vast majority of Democrats in the Senate are at this moment, just before an election, pushing to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell, which most of their political advisers would tell them is not a very wise thing to do. I've been active in political campaigns and activism since the 1960's ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/David Zephyr/70 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:22:26 Yes, yes, and yes. President Obama and the Democrats in Congress have not kept all of their promises, they have not delivered on many of the things they should have, they did not deliver a financial regulation law as strong as it could have been, they squandered much of 2009 fretting with health car... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/David Zephyr/69 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:56:55 I know a lot of you sense it. It's as thick as mud in the air all around us. It's like there's one bad story after the next, one blow following another.

This afternoon I told a co-worker that it's like there is a pervasive Zeitgeist of Unhappiness everywhere. Like a green, thick fog of chemicals ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/David Zephyr/68 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 02:32:12 Kudos to President Obama. He went where it wasn't safe to politically go today by speaking out powerfully for Immigration Reform now and not waiting until after the mid-term elections.

His speech was bold, courageous and moving. He framed the discussion perfectly and I was proud to see him step u... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/David Zephyr/67 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:40:27 1.) Who in the hell do these unions think they are by excercising their muscle inside a state with a long history of "right-to-work" statutes?

2.) Who in the hell do these unions think they are involving themselves in elections inside a state where union organizing has been historically oppressed... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/David Zephyr/64 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:36:41 I've been hard on the President a lot, because my expectations of what he can accomplish are so high. I know that there is greatness in this man. I think most Americans know it, too. Yes, I've had my disappointments, but...

There just comes a time when one single human being can only do so much.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/David Zephyr/63 Thu, 27 May 2010 22:58:39 What a wheel I'm watching:

I am an eyewitness of the jaw-droping manipulation of the entire global stock markets by a handful of invisible uber-richies who swing trillions up and down with a nod from their priviledged heads.

I am stunned beyond words at the murder of the ecosystem in the Gulf ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/David Zephyr/62 Tue, 25 May 2010 23:25:10 There was a time when one hardly ever saw the term "illegal aliens" used here at the DU. I know. I remember that time. I remember that when that term was used, a kindly post here and there, gentle nudge from someone seemed to be more than enough to keep our language on a higher degree and reflecting... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/David Zephyr/61 Wed, 19 May 2010 19:07:50 Where is Little Miss Attention Seeker, Sarah Palin, right now as this environmental disaster is happening?

This Oil Spill is to Palin as Katrina was to George W. Bush. And yet...complete silence from the national news organizations.

Where are the journalists in this country?

Why are televis... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/David Zephyr/60 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 01:18:02 There's an old marketing axiom: "There's always room for two."

None other than Ted Turner, the founder of CNN, said that for years he'd always feared a right-wing television cable network. Why? Because Ted knew that there was a market for news that catered to an element of society that felt picke... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/David Zephyr/59 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:41:17 This was the joyous message in my e-mail this morning with the link below to his short, and very good video announcement:

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Dear David,

Today, I am formally announcing my candidacy for the office of Governor of California, to deal head-on with the challenges facing this state I l... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/David Zephyr/58 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:44:51 Like many of you, I have witnessed the continual, steady rise of the radical right-wing throughout my life. It has had its bumps along the road, with a few setbacks, but whether it is our tax code, militarism, corporatism, freedom of the press, or civil liberties, the great strides made under the Ne... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/David Zephyr/56 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:02:51 It's Shakespearean what happened last night in Houston, Texas.

Nah, it's more that, it's Biblical it's so cosmic. If there is a God, she or he is having a great time today. I can almost see the deities smiling and winking down at all the good people of Houston and in Texas. Maybe God works wonder... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/David Zephyr/48 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:09:26 As sure as the sun will rise tomorrow, the great rationizing cometh.

There will be one hellova hullabaloo here of rationalizers when President Barack Obama tells the nation that he has decided to escalate even further into the Bush/Cheney failed folly. Eight years wasn't enough, I guess. I can al... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/David Zephyr/45 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:34:22