http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:27:11 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:27:11 Today marks the day that we could legally begin collecting signatures to recall Scott Walker in Wisconsin and today someone [link:http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/first-recall-effort-against-gov-scott-walker-formally-launched-friday-e22u587-133257928.html|filed with the state to begin that... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/288 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:37:23 I have been quite critical of the Tea Party in the past, but I must give credit where credit is due and tonight the Tea Party deserves our thanks. I never thought I would say it but the Tea Party has changed America for the better, they have awoken the working class and put us on a path to a better... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/287 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:42:09 Do you honestly believe that anyone who gets money from a particular source is automatically an employ of the person who paid them? ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/286 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:43:34 [div class = "excerpt"]Meanwhile, Johnny Bonta was knocked unconscious with a bat, his nose and sinus cavities broken and bleeding, with stab wounds on his neck.

At this point someone must have called the police because they could hear sirens approaching. There was only one problem:

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The St. Paul Pioneer Press may be a Republican leaning newspaper, but even they don't seem to see much life in their hometown boy's Presidential... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/284 Mon, 23 May 2011 19:57:46 This morning when I opened my e-mail I received a pleasant surprise, I have just inherited several billion dollars from a Saudi Prince. As soon as I found out that our wars for oil had given me vast sums of money and power over the peasants of this great nation I knew that I needed to celebrate. W... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/283 Sat, 07 May 2011 17:39:04 We have all heard that Waukesha County is a solid Republican county and it is true, Republicans tend to win there by large margins in almost every election. Simply saying Waukesha is a heavily Republican county however means nothing, we need to look at exactly how many votes Republicans have receiv... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/282 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 20:07:54 Many of you may have heard that [link:http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/264209/breaking-computer-error-gives-prosser-7381-more-votes-almost-certain-victory-christian|7,000 votes] are about to be added to Prosser's total because of a supposed computer error. It just so happens that the computer e... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/281 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:07:10 [div class = "excerpt"]After a challenging battle in which a historic number of votes were cast in a Supreme Court race, we need your help in [b]preserving a victory[/b] for Justice David Prosser. The likely next step is a recount, requiring resources to protect the integrity of the ballots cast an... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/280 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:41:04 When history is happening I want to be a part of it, and right now history is taking place in Madison. I was in Madison last weekend and I was amazed by what I saw, I wanted to come back but I did not think I would be able to make it. I live nearly a five hour drive away from Madison and it is di... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/279 Sat, 26 Feb 2011 21:37:29 When I learned there was going to be a solidarity rally in support of Wisconsin workers at the Minnesota State Capitol I was not expecting much, I was driving back from Madison and I knew there was no way an event in Minnesota could even come close to the experience I just had. What I did not expec... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/278 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:37:13 I have participated in many protests in the last few years, but this weekend was the first time I felt I had participated in an event that would change history. What I saw in Madison when I traveled out there this weekend was nothing short of extraordinary, the dedication shown by so many people fr... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/277 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 23:41:38 Back in March I [link:www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7959473|wrote] about my little hero Liam. Liam is only three months old right now but he has already inspired all of us that know him and he has reminded us that no matter how bad things seem we can neve... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/276 Thu, 06 May 2010 00:23:30 Last night I posted a [link:www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8139422#8144414|thread] detailing my own research into what appears to be yet another right-wing hoax. Jason Levin's "Crash the Tea Party" website has gotten a lot of attention on the right-wing bl... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/275 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:22:03 Who is Jason Levin? I had never heard the name before today, but if the corporate media and the right-wing blogs are to be believed he is the leader of a “nationwide network” that aims to infiltrate Tea Parties across the country. They tell us that his plan is to get progressives to go into the ra... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/274 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:12:46 When we heard that Sarah Palin was coming to Minneapolis to host a rally and fund raiser for Michele Bachmann we knew that we needed to give them both a warm Minnesota welcome. Bachmann was traveling outside her own district in the northern suburbs to spend some time in the Twin Cities and we thoug... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/273 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:27:09 On Tuesday night I received the type of phone call that nobody wants to receive, it was about Liam.

The photo below shows me with Liam on the very first day of his life. He was born a few weeks early so they had to have him hooked up to a couple machines to monitor him for precautionary reasons,... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/272 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:44:54 When I learned a few days ago that Michele Bachmann was going to be holding a “Kill the Bill” rally at the Minnesota State Capitol I knew that I had to be there. While I have my problems with the bill that is currently being pushed through Congress, this rally was obviously about something much lar... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/271 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:15:15 Recently there have been a lot of calls for people like me to start seeing “reality”, unfortunately however we have seen reality. We have seen the reality of the insurance industry denying our friends and family access to basic health care. We have seen the reality of our brothers and sisters bein... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/270 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:19:20 As the CEO of insurance industry giant United HealthCare Stephen Hemsley has encouraged his employees to be engaged in the political process and fight for a health care system that requires individuals to buy private insurance under penalty of law and offers them no public option. In a letter sent ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/269 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:34:15 Today it was International Human Rights Day and I decided to spend the day with a group of friends to call for accountability for those who participated in acts of torture. It was a cold Minnesota winter day with temperatures in the single digits, but despite the chilly weather much of our group de... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/268 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:23:08 Tonight I had an encounter with a Rush Limbaugh fan. I am a political activist who has taken public stands on many occasions so I have certainly had some encounters with angry right-wingers in the past, but this time it was different. This man was not just angry, he was completely unhinged to the... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/267 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:40:13 This is what I wore...

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I was not the only person who dressed up like this, there were over one hundred people protesting the event and about twenty of us wore orange jumpsuits. While we ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/266 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:47:05
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[b]"Golden Shield" Doesn't Cover Condi's Torture Role[/b]
by Coleen Rowley

On Oct. 12, 2003, the Star Tribune published an op-ed I wrote responding to a speech in the Twin Cities by U.S. Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft in which he boasted on h... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/265 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:24:45 Every week I attend a peace vigil outside the office of my Congressional Misrepresentative John Kline (R-MN). While we have a lot of people drive by and honk in support of what we are doing every week, we have also had some people who would extend their middle finger to us. Here is my friend's bri... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MN Against Bush/264 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:15:13