http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:47:29 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:47:29 In weeks to come opposition for healthcare reform will fade and any gay equality issues will fade too.

This is the kind of crap Republicans do....they howl and scream irrationally for opposition to a policy that makes wayyyy too much sense to adopt but in the backrooms the deals are being made.
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LeftHander/51 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:26:22 A Unregulated, unlimited, untaxed profit, freemarket, consumer economy is unsustainable.

How about that for a sweeping generalization...

I like it though, it does in a nutshell describe what the American (and global) economy is now realizing.

Our governments encouraged profit making and pro... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LeftHander/50 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:23:31 From corporations, to politicians, religious leaders, government officials, celebrities to our athletes professional and amateur and to the people that officiate them, America has shown our true colors and they are shades of yellow. The cowardly yellow of a cheating liar.

Cheats like Ken Lay, Jef... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LeftHander/49 Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:17:34 The first change is to vote for someone who will listen to them. The Democrats have a wide range of candidates that are listening to a wide range of the squishy political center.

The disenfranchised Republicans are going to vote Democratic in vast numbers come next November as the Republicans are... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LeftHander/48 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:50:47 As soon as the Repukes are held accountable....the Wall Street money starts running for cover in the form of major sell offs.

The DOW dumped 400 points on the uneasy feelings in Washington and Wall Street that the Corporate, uber-rich friendly Bush Administration is about to be tarred and feather... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LeftHander/47 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:09:55 When we look back at this time will we....

1. See it as a time when we could of stopped despots from dismantling 231 years of Democracy.

or

2. See it as a time when the great experiment overcame yet another challenge and the democracy that our founding fathers designed lives on.

I believ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LeftHander/46 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:12:01
The "Court" already have protected substances illegal for minors...and now they have rules against individual speech. If the young man was advertising "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" t-shirts with that banner his rights would of been protected.

So I say to that young man...make a t-shirt design, sell the s... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LeftHander/45 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:27:43 Eventually the cost of shipping fresh produce and other consumables from giant production locations like California's central valley will become cost prohibitive. As fuel supplies dwindle and costs rise, our incomes will remain flat, inflation in our food and commodities markets will increase at a e... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LeftHander/44 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:57:59 http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2007/US/06/15/buried.classic.ap/story.mud.ap.jpg

Isn't it ironic that our "50's Sitcom" image of American culture would have a crusty patina of rust on it in 2007?

The people that buried that car must of thought themselves so special that they had to preserve selfish cul... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LeftHander/43 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:11:25 Is to make this war spending bill VETO proof and start working with Democrats on real progress. Cheney's little trip to Iraq has done ZERO to boost the public's confidence in thier handling of the war.

If they keep clinging to the notion that the Iraq conflict is a contest that has winners and lo... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LeftHander/42 Fri, 11 May 2007 18:16:56 Racial slur, denial, apology, forgiveness, making amends, racial slur, denial, apology, forgiveness, making amends...and on and on and on.

While all this goes on people are still segregated and living completely separate lives based on skin color in this country. WHITE people are perfectly okay w... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LeftHander/41 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:43:18 Where are the moon bases, the commercial space shuttle and moon transportation? Where are the large flat panel video phones? Where is the international space station with hotels and restaurants? Where are the personal flat panel tablet television displays the size of a piece of paper? Where are the ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LeftHander/40 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:04:22 We all want to believe that our individual beliefs are the best way.

But what is the underlying fundemental basis for these beliefs?

The OP indicates that it is selfishness...and I agree with that.

An America filled with hybrid powered vehicles is still an America based on a car centric con... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LeftHander/39 Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:05:44 The newly discovered "moderates" that flipped this election to the Democrats are opposed to marriage equity for same sex couples. For the most part the moderates are beholden to the religious organizations that oppose same sex marriage and perpetuation of the patriarchal control of women which inclu... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LeftHander/38 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:15:17 Government should not be in the "marriage" business.

I wrote and essay that is very similar to yours three years ago. (see below)

This I believe will ultimately become true. Marriage should be in the realm of religion. Then same sex couples wishing to marry can go to a church that welcomes sam... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LeftHander/37 Sat, 11 Nov 2006 05:26:04 Before November 7th I was a equal citizen of the state of Wisconsin. On November 8th I found that I was something less than equal. For eighteen years I lived in a loving marriage with a wonderful woman believing I was straight. Events in my life lead to my own discovery and disclosure that I was gay... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LeftHander/36 Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:41:40
Like 911, 117 changed the world. America woke up to the realities of global citizenship. On 911 we recoiled in fear and allowed our nation to be taken advantage of. On 117 we took back America in the best way we know, by voting. No tricks, no special judicial intervention required, we simply voted... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LeftHander/35 Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:59:25 I understand now why so many gay people are particularly disinterested in politics. It is hard to be a participant in a cpntest when you are the ball.

It is one thing to participate in the political process, it is another to be the puck in a face off or the ball tossed into the scrum. Everyone w... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LeftHander/34 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 10:05:46 The Republicans are on their heels and the Democrats are finally doing the pushing. Over the past decade we have heard conservative values talk from the right and that message sounded good to enough people to hand control of the U.S. government to narrow minded, selfish, power hungry, religious red-... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LeftHander/33 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:38:03 [i]"You’d get farther if you’d admit that the fight for gay marriage isn’t about benefits in the end, that it is about winning society’s approbation for homosexual relationships. Just say it, that the real goal is for society to regard same-sex unions as the equal in every way of woman-and-man marri... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LeftHander/32 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:01:03 The GOP is conspiring to use thier political power to enact laws to protect a specific person(s) from crimes committed while in office. What follows is a essay I wrote that may provide some fodder for legal challenges to any legislation enacted to protect W and exonerate him from crimes committed wh... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LeftHander/31 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:10:59 Second row, dead center...I met his good friend Ray.

I've held off writing or reporting on the interview contents out of respect for the way Oprah handled the interview and it took some time digest it. But I now want to offer some insight pre-broadcast.

And NO I am not being paid to or was I ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LeftHander/30 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:44:06 Okay...here is a good dose of irony...and ample opportunity for me to eat a big hot plate of fresh crow.

I don't watch TV...My wife does. I define "watching TV" as regular and habitual. I do neither. The last programs I saw was SNL only for Neil Young's 1st music segment, a documentary on PBS on ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LeftHander/28 Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:06:13 Are you that bored?

Is your life that dull?

Do you have to bathe in the light of a endless stream of drivel to feel normal?


I mean...COME ON PEOPLE! Television is THE BIGGEST PROBLEM facing our society RIGHT NOW.

Television does nothing but perpetuate the corporatized consumer culture.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LeftHander/29 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 22:17:30 A political party in name only?

Edited: for my ignorance. lol

Not for long.

Lets face it we have Joe Lieberman a self-proclaimed Democrat taking the RW tag of "Soreloserman" to heart and running as independent...with many Democrats supporting him.

Then we have the Democratic Leadership ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LeftHander/27 Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:27:02