LibInTexas's Journal - Democratic Underground http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fri, 24 May 2013 16:26:36 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:26:36 Some of it comes from that old Horatio Alger BS. The myth that you can rise from poverty to "achieve the American Dream of wealth and success through hard work, courage, determination, and concern for others." ([i]wiki[/i])

It was of course all horse twaddle as Alger came from an upper class family, attended Harvard and traveled in Europe as a ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LibInTexas/13 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:29:37 The DTV changeover: Recieving off-the-air DTV. Some informal field observations about the equipment. Let me preface this by saying that I don't watch that much TV. We don't have cable or satellite. I can't see paying as much as $100/mo. for something we don't use much. But when I want to watch PBS or the news, HD is great. Other than that, we do watch movies on DVD and the 16x9 format is much m... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LibInTexas/12 Thu, 21 May 2009 19:38:53 We are very good about beating ourselves. We've had a lot of practice.

As Will Rogers once said, "I Don't Belong To Any Organized Party: I'm A Democrat."

But that disorganization gives us our strength. The other "party" acts like Nazis, walking in lock-step and marching off the cliff like lemmings. We quarrel and get pissed off and s... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LibInTexas/11 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:04:19 Vote YES.... Pro-corporate Welfare = No. I can't believe the lies the "No" camp is putting out, aided by the DMN.

I got push-polled the other night by them, and went off on the pollster. I probably shouldn't have, but I was taken by surprise and it just made me mad.

I encourage reading the [i]Oberver[/i] mentioned above.

Plus, I'... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LibInTexas/10 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:30:02 This story makes for a good reason to post this again: PHOTOGRAPHER'S RIGHTS Here is a handy guide to carry around about the rights of photographers. Any photographer, not just the media.
http://www.krages.com/tpr.jpg
Obviously you can't read it here. The PDF: http://www.krages.com/ThePhotographersRight.pdf
From this website: http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm
(Mr. Krag... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LibInTexas/9 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:57:28 I will go with all the good points here. Very interesting comment.

I remember walking into a bar with my wife when this started to shake out. I hadn't ever heard about the "typeface" BS. But this "friend" had all the talking points lined up to assail me with. "That fake type on the Rather documents... etc etc."

"What are you talki... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LibInTexas/8 Sat, 15 Jul 2006 03:43:18 My pleasure. All we can do is be ourselves. The TexMex population here in Dallas is like any other. They go where their best interests are. We have to show to EVERYBODY (Mexican, black, white, whatever) that the dem viewpoint is much more adventageous than the rep one.

I have a good friend here in Dallas w... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LibInTexas/7 Sat, 15 Jul 2006 02:07:01 Well, that's the hope. Unfortunately, there no rapture, or tribulation, or any of that crap.

(I almost wish there was, to get rid of them.)

They've been trumpeting this meme for about 200 years or more, like maybe 500 or a 1000. They're Apocalyptics. They're just nuts. They've been around for a long time.

It's... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LibInTexas/6 Sat, 15 Jul 2006 01:12:02 Well? Freepers are idiots. So what? They also think WMDs are either buried in the desert or were secreted out to Syria.
They think that Kerry and Cleland were cowards.
They think that corporations and corporate religion should control our government.
They think Clinton is responsible for 9/11. Even though they warned them. Even t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LibInTexas/3 Sat, 15 Jul 2006 00:40:37 In my time working for a CBS affiliatte I managed to run into Dan Rather a few times.

He's OK. But.

He's no Edward R. Murrow. He's more like Ted Baxter than most DUers would like to think.

He's a bit pompous and egotistical. (Most anchors are. This is not unusual.)

He reminded me of when I met William Shatner. A bit above it all. Not stupid, but not rea... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LibInTexas/1 Fri, 14 Jul 2006 23:54:16 Here are some steps I try to follow. 1) Compose the message.

2) Run it through spell check.
----The DU spell check is good, but I have some sort of problem with it I can't figure out, so dictionary.com is always at the ready. If it's long, I copy it and run it through a word program with a spell checker.

3) Preview it.
----The... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LibInTexas/2 Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:11:49