Jackpine Radical's Journal - Democratic Underground

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Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:49:55

http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=20f7062b751428d17f12a7274&id=e170333c91&e=0733da5884

Jackpine,

Right now, diversity in the U.S. House is going the way of the dodo bird.

With Barney Frank retiring and Tammy Baldwin running for Senate, the LGBT caucus in Congress will be cut in half - ...

Photo shows the cop clearly used the pepper spray in self-defense.

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:01:23

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7160/6395848957_2298f1e783_z.jpg

[font size=5]What else was he supposed to do after that giant turkey popped him in the nuts with its drumstick?[/font]
...

Yes. That's pretty much what Marshall told me too.

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:54:56

:evilgrin:...

I think I just channeled Marshall McLuhan.

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:43:04

He says, "I was wrong. The medium is not the message. The Movement is the message."...

Gene Sharp on nonviolent action

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:49:33

The message that cannot be repeated too often in these times--

http://www.thenation.com/article/159265/gene-sharp-nonviolent-warrior

Nonviolent uprisings are, at their essence, political campaigns. According to the complex analysis of power that Sharp has painstakingly developed over the years...

Veterans days always make me feel weird.

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:55:35

Especially when someone says "Thank you for your service." You see, I was an infantryman in Vietnam, but I did not serve willingly. I was drafted, forced into a deadly form of involuntary servitude, and whatever illusions I might originally have had about the rightness of the war were quickly torn...

Middle class, working class, working poor, unemployed, poor, homeless--

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:35:56

Goddamit, everyone who isn't actually RICH is getting screwed in this country, and the last thing we need is to be fighting among ourselves over meaningless labels. I see manual laborers pissed off because teachers are "making too much." I see white collar office workers pissed off at the poor becau...

My Favorite Wingnut sent me a link to a story on the demos at the Euro finance summit.

Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:03:29

[b]His comment:{/b]

Coming to a city near you.

http://www.france24.com/en/20110918-workers-take-streets-debt-summit-concludes-trichet-finance-ministers-wroclaw-poland-geithner

[b]My reply:[/b]

In case you don't know, it's already here. Thousands have been demonstrating on Wall Street al...

This just in from JoAnn Kloppenburg (who lost the spring SC election to Prosser)

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:22:46

Dear Friends,

I want my supporters to hear this exciting news first, from me: I will
be a candidate for an open seat on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
(District 4).

The opening has been created by the retirement of Judge Margaret
Vergeront. Judge Vergeront has been a highly resp...

Another exchange with My Favorite Wingnut�

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:12:28

He sent me the following link, with the his introductory comment (in italics). My reply is below the excerpt.

[i]Democratic criminals.[/i]

http://www.ocregister.com/news/durkee-315349-campaign-county.html

[div class="excerpt"]
[b]FBI arrests prominent Democratic campaign treasurer[/b]
...

The key failing of the psychopathy construct in psychology--

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:25:01

The usual instrument, the Hare Psychopathy Checklist (Revised), was designed to assess psychopathy in "street criminals," and cannot assess the level of pathology in likes of the evil people on Wall Street and in the corporate boardrooms, who differ from street psychopaths in several ways, the most ...

So Kinky Friedman supports Perry for Prezzeldink--

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:21:43

And all the time I thought that nutso business was just an act�

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/08/24/kinky-friedman-rick-perry-s-got-my-vote.html?om_rid=NsfuEg&om_mid=_BOVqiWB8c6ux45...

I dunno--she doesn't look all that submissive in my opinion.

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:09:46

http://i.rickey.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Michele-Bachmann-eats-a-footlong-corndog-at-Iowa-State-Fair.jpg...

An interesting email exchange with My Favorite Wingnut (MFW):

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:56:13

He sends me an email withthe following story:

I recently asked my neighbors' little girl what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said she wanted to be President some day. Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her, 'If you were President what would be the fir...

Takes more than a little multi-building fire to stop a determined Cheesehead (LaCrosse HQ fire)

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:55:03

Saturday morning a fire broke out in downtown La Crosse. A number of buildings were completely destroyed, and unfortunately our Senate District 32 headquarters was one of them.

The fire started just as our volunteers were arriving for a morning of canvassing. Our organizers in La Crosse got eve...

More GOP electoral work in WI

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:20:37

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/08/koch-group-mails-suspicious-absentee-ballot-letters-in-wisconsin.php (Edited to add link)

As Politico reports, mailers have now turned up from Americans For Prosperity Wisconsin, addressed to voters in two of the Republican-held recall districts, where t...

A (short) rant on misinformation & miseducation--

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:25:44

Why is there so much acceptance of obvious falsehoods in our culture? I think it's basically a result of two circumstances that have collided in a terribly unfortunate way. The first of these circumstances is the gutting of higher education. The second is the epidemic proliferation of the Dunning-Kr...

The latest word from JoAnne Kloppenberg.

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:28:11

Bolding below is mine:

[div class="excerpt"]Dear Friends,

We've come a long way. Working together, we made the recount process work, uncovering numerous issues and anomalies in the election process in Wisconsin. Local clerks and the Government Accountability Board (GAB) have and will change th...

So MFW (My Favorite Wingnut) sends me an email asserting that Obama is a socialist or communist.

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 13:33:21

My reply was as follows:

[b]That is a statement endorsed unanimously by two types of people:

1) Those who have no idea of what a socialist or communist actually is,
and
2) Those who find it useful to rely on the ignorance of those who meet criterion 1.[/b]
...

I believe the WI Primaries yesterday sent a very strong signal about the mood of the state.

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:32:11

It's hard to believe that all the likely-voting supporters of the Republican incumbents wouldn't have been out voting for the fake Democrats. The fact that they failed in every instance (by <65% of the vote in 5/6 cases) is likely to be strongly predictive of the August vote.

Tell ya all the trut...

5 Lessons from Weinergate

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:33:22

1. Tweet yourself the way you want to be tweeted by others.

2. All men are phallable.

3. There are Weiners, there are losers, and sometimes they are one and the same.

4. Man who tweets his weiner will not survive another erection.

5. Always practice safe text.

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Welcome to Walkerville (for those who think Wisconsin has gone back to sleep)

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 18:50:34

There's a unique opportunity to show support for K-12 public schools this Sunday, June 5, in Madison near the state Capitol.

  Join the We Are Wisconsin coalition, along with a number of Madison-based progressive groups, at Walkerville - a 'city' of tents around the Capitol square ...

Ever get the feeling that America is slipping backward?

Mon, 30 May 2011 14:56:50

http://i380.photobucket.com/albums/oo241/WildwoodPower/529923c0.jpg

[font size=6]But hey, what can you expect of anyone who rents office space from WI State Senator Terry "Mouldy" Moulton (R-Ignorance)?[/font]

http://i380.photobucket.com/albums/oo241/WildwoodPower/c6b10209.jpg...

The real revolution has little to do with traditional left or right.

Wed, 18 May 2011 18:41:18

The real revolution is the internet.

If we can keep it....

Details on Fightin' Bob Fest North (Chippewa Falls, WI)

Tue, 17 May 2011 08:35:03

Dear Fellow Progressives,

Ed Garvey and organizers at Fighting Bob Fest along with the BobFest North committee are proud to add Dave Obey to our May 21st program. The former Congressman adds his name to an already impressive list of BobFest North speakers. The public servant who banged the gavel ...