http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 26 May 2013 02:06:35 Sun, 26 May 2013 02:06:35 Mere minutes after the 9/11 attacks, we were united. We were Americans together, facing a common enemy. The whole world reached out to us in sympathy. It didn't take long for that unity to fracture. Conservatives wanted to punish. Punish someone. Anyone. The liberals were heard asking "Why? ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Mythsaje/279 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:29:24 but I don't think it means what you think it means.

Okay, evolution deniers, I've had just about all of your willful blindness as I can take. You say evolution's only a theory, so it's not really proven science. A Theory is as "proven" as it gets. Acting as though it means the same thing as so... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Mythsaje/278 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:29:11 When they scream "No Socialism!" it's not as though they have the faintest idea what it means, or how a government medical program would be in any way related to socialism. All they know is that they've been told "socialism bad" and they'll parrot that ejaculation until the sun boils away the sky.
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Mythsaje/277 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:42:08 What price pride when that pride is misplaced, when those you revere are not what you imagine them to be? When they fight for themselves, and their privilege, and bend your ear to fight not for your rights, but for their privilege as well? Fight against "socialism," when you don't even know what i... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Mythsaje/276 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:02:44 When Max Baucus came out right away and refused Single Payer a "seat at the table," he made it clear the fix was already in. The fat, bloated parasite that's the health insurance industry was going to be protected no matter what the cost. Then, when he said that was a "mistake" and yet still didn'... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Mythsaje/275 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:31:59 A couple of days ago I posted a thread about my discussions with a Republican co-worker (so Republican in fact that he has a big Repub elephant tattooed on his upper arm) and how he's not the kind to spout talking points rather than discuss things on their own merits. I got him to admit that, from ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Mythsaje/274 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:46:55 Seeing it, as I do, as a statement that all people having an inherent right of self-defense--but doesn't it seem to anyone else that openly wearing a firearm at a protest is a kind of tacit threat? There's nothing really subtle about it.

I'm curious. Why would someone actually arm himself jus... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Mythsaje/273 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:12:16 (I accidentally posted this in the wrong forum the first time around)... It was meant to go here.

If you think people like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, and their ilk have more of a right to speak their mind than Alec Baldwin, Natalie Maines, or Viggo Mortensen, you've got a couple... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Mythsaje/272 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:06:49 Poor? Destitute? In need of a little help from your neighbor to make ends meet? Tough shit. You should have picked better parents. If you'd have picked parents with good educations, you would have had a much better chance to go on to college to get a good education yourself. You're just the pr... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Mythsaje/271 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:37:20 I wondered to myself... Now that we're on top, what will DU become? I hoped it might become something of an inclusive liberal think-tank, with our finest minds being able to take the dross thrown by the other side and spin it into political gold. I hoped we could find common ground and put togethe... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Mythsaje/270 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:52:24 Not all cops are bad. Hell, MOST cops probably aren't what we'd call "bad." But as long as they are not soundly censured and driven out of the profession by those who are, by our perspective, "good," (which means those who don't engage in bullying behavior, expect special treatment because of thei... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Mythsaje/269 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:21:27 Anyone else get the chance to watch this? It was interesting as hell, covering everything from the fight for birth control and legal abortion to the AIDS epidemic and its aftermath. It was an eye-opener for me, who supports gay rights, to learn where the battle started and its rocky road to get wh... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Mythsaje/268 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:43:40 When a liberal politician votes for something, s/he is not doing so to serve a small portion of his constituency, the ones who voted for him/her. If s/he votes for clean air and water, for example, it's because that clean air and water will benefit everyone--including those who voted for the "other... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Mythsaje/267 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:43:22 I think I'll wander off until others reach this seemingly obvious conclusion.

Have fun, folks. See you next time.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Mythsaje/266 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:12:17 You can't sell peace to war profiteers. Can't do it. They won't buy. You can't sell the truth to habitual liars. They're not interested. You can't sell election reform to those who get what they want with the system in place as it is now. It's just not possible.

You can't sell fair play to a chea... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Mythsaje/265 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:45:57 From the tiny child laying in its crib, burbling in happiness, or wailing with hunger, to the arthritic fellow making his way to his mailbox to look for a letter from his grandchildren--from the young woman on the bus taking her from her childhood home to a dream of greatness in the city to the old ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Mythsaje/264 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:41:24 An open letter to Freepers and their ilk.

The next time you walk by a homeless person on the street, desperate to pretend he isn't there, maybe it's time to stop and think "if but for the grace of God." Because, given the situation we're in economically, it could well be the grace of God that pr... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Mythsaje/263 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:20:19 I'm sick of listening to the lies. I'm sick of reading the lies. I'm sick of trying to refute the lies.

Iraq had NOTHING to do with 9/11. Saddam and OBL hated each other. Saddam was an asshole, but there are a LOT of assholes out there.

Telling the truth is not treasonous. It's telling the tru... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Mythsaje/262 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:36:11 An economy in freefall. No serious attempt to address the cause and an insanely obsessive interest in talking about the symptoms. Money is flowing from our government into our corporations in bailout maneuvers that will, at best, simply slow the fall. HB-1 visas are devastating our IT employment ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Mythsaje/261 Thu, 28 May 2009 03:00:05 The fact that, through manipulation and media complicity, the Republicans set the tone for the past decade or more by altering very landscape of the discussion. They didn't approach the opposition on bended knee asking "can we have this one little thing, please? They told everyone "This is what we... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Mythsaje/259 Fri, 22 May 2009 16:31:27 So, there's this little peaceful town on the edge of the frontier. One day a gang of outlaws rides in to rob the bank. On the way, they stop by the saloon, shoot up the place, and have their way with the barmaids. They rob the bank, killing everyone in sight, then proceed to set half the town on ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Mythsaje/260 Fri, 22 May 2009 15:29:46 I'm curious. Why did we fight so hard to put the Dems in Congress, to put a Dem in the Oval Office? Was it to, hopefully, look at reversing some of the worse trends that have afflicted us over the past dozen or more years? Usurious interest rates, skyrocketing healthcare, college education growin... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Mythsaje/258 Fri, 15 May 2009 03:09:12 What we have in this country is a grand illusion of Choice. Five thousand varieties of toothpaste, fifty different kinds of toilet paper, kinds of deodorant, body-wash, shaving cream, shampoo, conditioner, face creams, cosmetics, and whatever else you can find easily at every corner drugstore.

W... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Mythsaje/257 Wed, 13 May 2009 04:27:37 There are some who say that raising the tax rate on those making more than 250,000 dollars a year is equivalent to "punishing success." It's an interesting meme, really, considering that very few people ever make it to that level of success without the aid of others who are not so fortunate, people... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Mythsaje/256 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:13:49 I received a myspace friend request from an aspiring author the other day and it took me two days to come up with a suitable reply. I thought this might be of interest to my fellow DUers because of the context. And I'm sure it'll offend more than a few of you all. Then again, I'm okay with that.
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