http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:42:28 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:42:28 I've seen this phrase a few times on the internets and can't figure it out ... I must've missed some cultural education somewhere. Is it anything like a "high five"? ugh ...

(okay just kidding. ;) like I never ever make a typo. )... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MH1/154 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:27:40 1. Governments (should) exist to improve the welfare of their citizens and protect the citizens from predictable and preventable threats while preserving individual rights.
2. The definition of "welfare of their citizens" and the right balance between protection and individual rights are debatable... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MH1/153 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:22:45 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113687056

[div class="excerpt"]The van travels the same route every afternoon. It's important to keep a regular schedule, so that clients know where and when to show up. PreventionWorks executive director, Dr. Philip Terry, says it's an effecti... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MH1/152 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:47:09 http://www.sos.state.ok.us/documents/Legislation/52nd/2009/1R/HB/1595.pdf

The form is 10 pages long, starting on page 8 and going to page 17. Whatever you think of abortion or the merits of this law, I hope you will take a look at this form and consider the implications if a similar form were req... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MH1/151 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:32:33 (I know the Wired article this references was posted earlier. The news here is that this is in Federal Computer Week.)

[div class="excerpt"][b]E-voting manufacturer says votes could be changed undetected[/b]

* Mar 23, 2009

Critics of electronic voting systems have had their warnings vin... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MH1/150 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:48:34 Source: [b]Washington Post[/b]

[div class="excerpt"]The Supreme Court today unanimously agreed that a little-known religious group does not have the right to erect the "Seven Aphorisms" of its beliefs in a Utah city park just because the Ten Commandments are displayed there.

In their decision, t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MH1/149 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:37:40 Pete started off saying the words but the lead singing was done by the guy on his right, who was introduced by Bruce as Pete's grandson. But I didn't catch his name (at the time).

Anyway on the posts I've read here it seems like he's being ignored, and I just thought he should get some credit too... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MH1/148 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:54:29 Looks like McCain doesn't have much confidence in his technology platform, or else doesn't think it's important.

http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/10/now-official-no.html

[div class="excerpt"] There is apparently not a single prominent person who supports John McCain’s technology policies a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MH1/147 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:19:53 If you, like me, are completely tired of the current disaster capitalism panic and only dreading what Paulson et al will cook up to let their cronies off the hook while further looting the Treasury and shafting the rest of us, may I recommend reading Robert Reich's blog?

http://robertreich.blogsp... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MH1/146 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:08:30 I just saw this from a Yahoo alert in my Inbox, and had to share.

It starts with a nice "round-up" piece in the Columbia Journalism Review, [link:www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/kerry_on.php|Kerry On]:

[div class="excerpt"]John Kerry gave an effective speech at the DNC last night that skillfully bri... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MH1/145 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:03:27 Just saw this loser on Lou Dobbs. (I'm not a regular Dobbs watcher but I do peek sometimes). This guy and this woman were ripping Obama and building up McCain, and some other guy was kinda weakly half-defending Obama. (They were each indicated only as "CNN Contributor" and I didn't really recognize ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MH1/144 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:18:43 This has already been posted at DU, but I think it bears posting again, plus I have a serious question that I hope someone can answer. (I also just posted at the Choice topic forum, for a longer-lived visibility, hopefully.)

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1843863720080718?pageNumber=... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MH1/143 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:56:46 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-kleiman/mccain-says-slash-social_b_112777.html

[div class="excerpt"]Here's the sequence:

Carly Fiorina says that McCain might raise taxes on rich folks as part of a Social Security deal.

Grover Norquist, speaking as the Grand Inquisitioner of the anti-taxe... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MH1/142 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:52:04 If she thinks Iowa and Hew Hampshire were tough for her this year, what will it be like after the way she played them on MI/FL?

I make the following assertions:

1) in 2012 Iowa and NH will still be the first caucus and primary states, and of huge importance;

2) the primary voters in those s... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MH1/141 Wed, 28 May 2008 21:51:03 Source: [b]MSNBC.com[/b]

The Bush administration is on the verge of implementing new air quality rules that will make it easier to build power plants near national parks and wilderness areas, according to rank-and-file agency scientists and park managers who oppose the plan.

The new regulations,... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MH1/140 Fri, 16 May 2008 13:29:45 (Ed Rendell, PA governor, endorsed Hillary in the prez race)

Monsanto wanted a stop to the practice of dairy products being labeled "no artificial growth hormones" (even though it was true) because people actually were paying more to buy milk that wasn't potentially poisoned with their product.
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MH1/139 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:11:52 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/3/20566/45541/323/449185

:)


Edit to add:

also Paul Volcker:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/3/182058/4630/408/449116

Obama's racking them up.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MH1/138 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:59:20 I don't have the energy tonight to deal with GD-P but if someone else does, this is quite a good story for Obama, on many levels.

http://www.cfinst.org/pr/prRelease.aspx?ReleaseID=177

[div class="excerpt"] On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton raised about half of her primary money from dono... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MH1/137 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:10:03 Well okay it was his representative. The Clinton camp apparently didn't send anyone.

http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/45753-1.html

[div class="excerpt"]Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has issued a technology innovation plan embracing IT as an enabler for efficient government and for solving major... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MH1/136 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:50:44 Current scorecard of pledged delegates: BO-63 HC-48 JE-26

How the states went:
Iowa: Obama by 1 (O 16, C 15)
New Hampshire: Tied (O 9, C 9)
Nevada: Obama by 1 (O 13, C 12)
South Carolina: Obama by 13 (O 25, C 12)

Numbers are taken from CNN's scorecard candidate pages: http://www.cnn.com/... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MH1/135 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:10:54 Now are you going to flame me for that? But it's true.

If you really are interested in where Obama is on GLBT issues and maybe making your presence felt:

http://pride.barackobama.com/page/content/lgbthome

If you are like most of the vocal GLBT advocates at DU his positions won't satisfy you... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MH1/134 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 09:11:16 Here's a cool map to watch the returns.

http://www.charlotte.com/static/images/graphics/scprimary/

It'll be working for the Democratic primary next weekend, too.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MH1/133 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:10:55 [div class="excerpt"]Friday night, Obama was scheduled to speak at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus. Even before he arrived, students were doing circus tricks, acrobatically spinning giant Obama placards like batons. One man drove a beat up pick up truck, on which was fastened a billboard ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MH1/132 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:05:07 Check out his Export Products Not Jobs act and all the work he's done over the years for small businesses (especially for minority and women owned businesses).

His positions aren't as obvious as some might like but they do show an understanding of economics and how to make things better for those... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MH1/131 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:53:12 From last night's debate:

http://www.iht.com/bin/printfriendly.php?id=8361435

[div class="excerpt"] BLITZER: Well, let me bring in Governor Richardson.

Governor Richardson, you've suggested cutting off military aid to Pakistan, so long as the Pakistani leader doesn't take these steps... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MH1/130 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:53:51