http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 19 May 2013 19:24:40 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:24:40 [h3]Egads, here at the DU Mega-Post Watch Update have been marking the millions tick by and finally we've hit the the 25 marker!

WOW!

[div class="excerpt"][h2]25TH Millionth Post Wed Sep-06-06 12:10 PM
94,344 user registrations and 25,000,000 posts since January 2001[/h2][/div]

Du has na... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FULL_METAL_HAT/126 Wed, 06 Sep 2006 14:44:21 91,991 user registrations and 24,000,000 posts since January 2001

Wow! Du has nailed another million posts up to the wall, and in just 59 days!

DUing good DU!

We hit 23 million back on May 15th (22 million back on March 24th) and the conservative prediction then was that'd we'd hit see 24 m... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FULL_METAL_HAT/125 Thu, 13 Jul 2006 23:18:32 Here's my take on the sanctity and utility of technology-based solutions:

If there is a great incentive to hack a computer, then a lot of money spent can do wonders. For example, a corporation that saves 100's of millions on wages might look at the cost-benefit analysis and if say $10 million fe... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FULL_METAL_HAT/123 Tue, 16 May 2006 11:38:36 [center][div class=excerpt][h2]89,291 user registrations and 22,999,999 posts since January 2001
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[h3]Wow! Du has nailed another million posts up to the wall, and in just 52 days!

[link:www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.p... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FULL_METAL_HAT/122 Mon, 15 May 2006 10:24:31 Quite frankly, reading Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States", I'm actually surprised that the middle class was allowed to rise!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_People's_History_of_the_United_States

As some other posters have mentioned, the rise of the middle class owes a lot ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FULL_METAL_HAT/121 Fri, 05 May 2006 00:42:57 [h3]To go up against Rummy to his face means this guy gets the first "Colbert Award" for BIG BALLS after Stephen stepped up to the plate at the Press dinner and hit the bullshit right out of the park!

Now Ray McGovern is next in the rotation and took that other liar-in-chief to the cleaners!

... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FULL_METAL_HAT/120 Thu, 04 May 2006 23:19:07 Truly, the media blackout will find the backlash of exposing the way the news media IN FACT chooses what is "news" by omissions like this.

Lots of _real_ journalists have commented on this already. Considering the video of his speech blew out the records at Crooks and Liars, the video is getting... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FULL_METAL_HAT/119 Tue, 02 May 2006 23:51:25 [h3]He's playing his Press Secretary "Audition Video" on his show!

HOLY HUEVOS!!

This guy knows how to say GO CHENEY YOURSELF to the press that ignored him!

Here's the transcript of the video:

[div class=excerpt]http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/4/30/1441/59811
NOTE BY FREDERICK: The "... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FULL_METAL_HAT/118 Tue, 02 May 2006 23:43:01 [h3]Quite simply I see what he STRATEGICALLY (stratergically?) did was two fold, both aimed at the press, with the politicos really a secondary thing:

1) he called out the press for letting all this happen

and

2) by saying everything he said while the politicos were RIGHT THERE, he showed t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FULL_METAL_HAT/117 Mon, 01 May 2006 00:56:27 Pre-script: If you don't want to support this shaming effort, that's fine, but calls to "calm down" are not needed; thanks in advance. This is a discussion of DOING something, not a discussion of what NOT to do. We're all adults here and should understand that our actions can actually mean someth... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FULL_METAL_HAT/116 Sun, 30 Apr 2006 14:09:29 [H3]For anyone who still believes computers are infallible and therefore should be trusted with the life of our country (aka Democracy), you might want to see just how wonderfully spectacular they can FAIL.

This is the story of a motorist who's computer-controlled "Drive-by-Wire" BMW went insane:... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FULL_METAL_HAT/115 Sun, 23 Apr 2006 13:30:02 [h3]I believe Sy Hersh's contacts inside the Pentagon are KNOWN by the * admin people and they are being fed a special diet of "they're really gonna do it".

And this is for one simple reason: keep the talk of *'s failures, lies, and treasons OFF the #1 spot.

As long as people are asking "ar... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FULL_METAL_HAT/114 Tue, 11 Apr 2006 23:37:17 [h3]What I keep coming back to is how easy and cheap FULL PAPER BALLOTS actually are. When I say FULL, I mean no optical scanners, no touchscreen voting machines -- NO MACHINES AT ALL!

Here's why:

They take less than 1 week to prepare (design, print, deliver)

They are relatively inexpensi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FULL_METAL_HAT/112 Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:21:47 http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/03/27.html#a7685

As criminals or aiders and abettors of criminals these radio show folks know that if the tide really turns, they're going to be washed out with the rest of the shit.

So almost like lemmings they're scrambling to maintain a higher ground by ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FULL_METAL_HAT/111 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:49:33 [h3]Of course!

EVERYBODY "chipped" in!

FBI, CIA, DHS, DOJ, DOS, DEA, ATF: Any organization with in-house intelligence or enforcement would have been corrupted by the craven political appointees put in charge.

I think the main use of the NSA has been to spy on the admin's REAL terror threa... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FULL_METAL_HAT/110 Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:42:55 [h3]Here's a graph I made. Save and share! :)

http://i1.tinypic.com/sdnrlt.jpg


A couple of points to note:

The purple line with square points is the debt as a % of GDP (with the percentage scale on the right side of the graph). You might consider as the amount of money you earn per year... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FULL_METAL_HAT/109 Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:54:07 Some recent quick links on our culture of deception:

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/printer_8334.shtml
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/where-illusions-go-to-die_b_17823.html
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-19970501-000033.html
http://www.google.com/search... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FULL_METAL_HAT/108 Sat, 25 Mar 2006 12:03:22 [h3]Wow!

[div class=excerpt][h3]87,009 user registrations and 21,999,999 posts since January 2001[/h3][/div]

THANK YOU DU!

All the best,

{B^> FULL_METAL_HAT
[/h3]... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FULL_METAL_HAT/107 Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:59:11 There is only the shell of what people came to expect from "the fifth estate".

Publishers control editors and editors control what "journalists" write and what is printed.

Corporations have a vested interest in secrecy. Case in point is the rise in legal settlements tied to "gag orders".

... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FULL_METAL_HAT/91 Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:59:12 [div class=excerpt][h3]In March 2003, under threat of America developing weapons of mass destruction, Iraq launches an invasion of the USA. Quickly securing the country, things turn from bad to worse.

Today, 3 years later, an estimated 1,372,972* American civilians have been killed with 10's of ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FULL_METAL_HAT/90 Sun, 19 Mar 2006 15:25:20 [h2][center]FUCK YOU CHINA!

FUCK YOU WORLD!

WE HAVE THE GUNS!

WE HAVE THE BOMBS!

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT?!![/center][/h2]
[h3]All my life, I thought this kind of solution was so far beyond what our country stands for, that it would not be something that could be seriously conside... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FULL_METAL_HAT/89 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:28:58 [h3]Because of his unique position, and 15 year term (ending in 2013), David Walker may be one of the few people who has enough independent power to save the country.[/h3]

[div class=excerpt]From:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAO and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comptroller_General_of_the_Unite... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FULL_METAL_HAT/88 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:11:37 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2504909#2504956... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FULL_METAL_HAT/93 Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:30:36 [h3]"... I'm concerned ... about a broader message this issue ... could send to our friends and allies around the world ...
[u]PARTICULARLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST[/u]" LIPJERK

I've watched enough poker experts on TV talking about "tells" to know this is one... at 55 seconds in.

What's he hiding? ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FULL_METAL_HAT/92 Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:17:39 [h3]It will be an unbelievable 2 years come November ...the diligence of TIA's

leadership could finally bear the kind of harvest we know is our due.

One word has become more and more prevalent in the examination of the not just the 2004 (and 2002 and 2000) election results, but in so many face... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FULL_METAL_HAT/1 Fri, 03 Mar 2006 11:40:00