Fridays Child's Journal - Democratic Underground http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:25:01 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:25:01 Follow the money. When governments take on the responsibility of health care, the system operates on the premise that the most economical way to get the job done is to implement practices and protocols which are demonstrated to have the best chance of making, and keeping, people well.

Our way of doing things in t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Fridays Child/97 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 15:32:07 As a heterosexual, my rights have been violated by the passage of Prop 8. When I got married in California, some 22 years ago, I was under the impression that, aside from competence, the only concern was that my husband and I were of majority and, thus, legally subject to the terms of the state's marriage contract.

If the state is now making the opposite sex of the pa... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Fridays Child/96 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:53:43 The elite will not stand for this, I tell you! Obama must be punished! How dare he turn the conversation away from the issues that rich, self-serving politicians use to whip bone-weary, dispirited working class voters into an indignant fury? And he calls himself a member of Congress? How did this person ever get into the Old Boy club, in the first place? Who is respons... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Fridays Child/95 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:44:16 There is an inner sanctum in DC, the admission to which requires the sale of one's soul. And within that sanctum, the Ds or Rs at the ends of names fade so far into obscurity as to be rendered meaningless.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Fridays Child/94 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:24:16 Empty rhetoric. Venezuela will withdraw if and when it so chooses, and on its own terms.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Fridays Child/93 Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:13:30 Some shuttle launch screen caps, for those who are interested... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v35/PeaceDiva/06-07shuttlelaunchscreencaps.jpg... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Fridays Child/92 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:21:27 Two girls cry for their mothers... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v35/PeaceDiva/twogirlscry.jpg... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Fridays Child/89 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:11:09 Oh, Lordy! Tommy Chong is telling MSNBC that the Paris frenzy is a media diversion scheme! Because Republicans don't want the focus to be on things like Gonzales and wiretapping.

Hoo, baby, the teleprompter reader sure got him off the air fast. And he laughed at her, and said, "Not exactly what you expected, was it?"

:rofl:

Go, Tommy Chong! You rock!... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Fridays Child/91 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:41:05 I had this dream about 2008... Before the primaries began, the major Democratic candidates and key public servants, got together and decided to run as a team. After electing Barack Obama to the White House with Hillary Clinton as his VP, the others agreed to step into the following Cabinet positions:

Bill Clinton: State

Wes... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Fridays Child/88 Thu, 31 May 2007 17:43:08 What did Harry Reid really say about Iraq? [i]"Now, I believe myself that the secretary of State, the secretary of Defense -- and you have to make your own decision as to what the president knows -- that this war is lost and that the surge is not accomplishing anything, as indicated by the extreme violence in Iraq yesterday."[/i]

Reid was... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Fridays Child/87 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:48:10 "We've never come closer to bestowing absolute authority on the president." "We've never come closer to bestowing absolute authority on the president." - Bill Moyers, 1987... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Fridays Child/85 Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:16:38 Twelve vegetables with the highest amounts of pesticides in them. This was on my local NBC affiliate, so I don't have a link. Below are the twelve worst, and by the way, washing or peeling them doesn't make a difference. If possible, always try to buy the certified organic versions of these vegetables.

peaches
apples
sweet bell peppers
celery
nectarines
st... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Fridays Child/84 Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:34:02 Why do you think that Cheney is investing AGAINST the U.S? [div class="excerpt"][b]July 6, 2006

Is Cheney betting on Economic Collapse?[/b]

By Mike Whitney

Wouldn't you like to know where Dick Cheney puts his money? Then you'd know whether his "deficits don't matter" claim is just baloney or not.

Well, as it turns out, Kiplinger Magazine ran an... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Fridays Child/83 Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:44:07 Thinking Points, by George Lakoff From the preface:

"Most important, we examine and reject the idea of an ideological
“center.” It is not made up of “moderates,” nor is it defined
by issues spread across a left-to-right spectrum. Instead, the
“center” is made up of biconceptuals. The idea of biconceptualism
is essential to un... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Fridays Child/82 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:20:39 Remember the old Twilight Zone episode about the masks? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v35/PeaceDiva/twilightzonepope.jpg... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Fridays Child/81 Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:17:37 Tony Snow: The president has been absolutely steadfast from the beginning. "I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."
- G.W. Bush, 3/13/02

Now, see if you can guess whether anyone in the White House press corps used Bush's own words to challenge Tony's assertion.

:eyes:

... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Fridays Child/80 Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:03:38 We have been plunged into an Orwellian nightmare. From Bush's 9/11/06 terror speech: [b][link:www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060911-3.html|"The world is safer because Saddam Hussein is no longer in power."][/b]

Coalition and Iraq forces have lost all control of the nearly one third of Iraq highlighted in bright green (click on the ma... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Fridays Child/78 Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:13:30 The Path to 9/11 The Path to 9/11

ABC's The Path to 9/11 is not a documentary. Rather, it is a work of fiction, loosely based on the events of September
11,
2001. It's important to note that, as fiction, the series includes scenes which either never occurred or which happened in a very different fashion tha... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Fridays Child/77 Sun, 10 Sep 2006 21:51:56 The Path to Abu Ghraib (Thanks to [link:www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2096182&mesg_id=2096182|orleans] and The_Casual_Observer for the idea.)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v35/PeaceDiva/abughraibpluto.jpg... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Fridays Child/76 Sun, 10 Sep 2006 08:55:12 There is something very VERY wrong with him. His demeanor, his facial expressions, his eyes. Just my opinion, here, but, in addition to being an alcoholic, I think he's heavily medicated and has been for most of his adult life. And he's had a full set of upper dentures, for many years. There is so much atrophy of the gum and bone structures th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Fridays Child/73 Mon, 04 Sep 2006 19:04:00 When do we stop going willingly, like lambs to the slaughter? By every objective measure, the Middle Class and Working Poor are being folded spindled and mutilated. We are being used up and thrown on the trash heap. Are we going to remain docile cogs in the wealth machines of a relative handful of greedy aristocrats? Are we going to wait and let history tell t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Fridays Child/72 Sat, 02 Sep 2006 17:45:23 If I recall, it's a signal to the pastor that you're refusing communion. It's usually done, if you're sick and don't want to spread germs via the goblet. In Bush's case, it kills two birds with one stone. First, the Secret Service won't let him drink from a communal cup. And, second, that sacramental wine would hit his satanic soul and spatter away like water on a hot fr... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Fridays Child/70 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:50:07 K Street and the corporate media are taking this country down. K Street corrupts the legislative process, allowing profiteers from every industry to amass ever greater proportions of our collective work product. This isn't trickle down economics or even trickle up economics. It's an upward turned spigot blasting our hard earned dollars directly into their pocke... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Fridays Child/69 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:53:20 How much $$$ does Big Oil make off of us from "hot fuel?" Apparently, quite a bit...

[div class="excerpt"]Technology, new rules a hot-fuel fix

By STEVE EVERLY
© 2006, The Kansas City Star

OAHU, Hawaii | Idyllic weather, pounding surf and a warm, welcoming culture help make Hawaii unique in this nation.

So does its gallon of gas.

The Hawaiia... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Fridays Child/71 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:43:58 K&R. Everyone needs to see this report. Here's the link... [link:www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/28/1342209|Top Hurricane Expert Says Officials Threatened His Job Over Pre-Katrina Warnings]... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Fridays Child/67 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:56:59