http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 21 May 2013 05:11:11 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:11:11 Last November, I logged off DU for the first time since becoming a member of this community five years before. I needed some time away from here, some distance from what was becoming a battleground between warring factions. It was not a decision of particular import at the time – no final farewell... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/NanceGreggs/588 Fri, 20 May 2011 23:21:11 During the eight disastrous years of the BushCo Administration, the constant buzz among Democrats – especially those on DU – was the fact that Republicans stuck together and supported their own, no matter what.

This kind of support was dismissed as zombie-like lock-stepping, never to be confuse... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/NanceGreggs/587 Sun, 07 Nov 2010 22:03:05 I find some of the postings here of late absolutely mind-boggling. One DUer pitted against another – the most vile things being said, the worst vitriol being spewed.

And that’s just GD and GDP.

I decided to take a break from DU politics and check out the various forums, in search of calmer w... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/NanceGreggs/586 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 03:44:53 [I]Has it ever occurred to you[/I] that while you’re carrying on about the fact that you knocked on doors and supported Obama’s candidacy (and, by virtue thereof, you deserve to have your complaints addressed), there was someone else knocking on doors and supporting his candidacy whose agenda was co... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/NanceGreggs/584 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 22:47:21 I have rarely posted here over the past four months – not due to lack of interest, but due to a desire to step back and analyze what [I]is[/I] being posted here, and why.

I am known as a “cheerleader” for this Administration (and don’t taze me, Mod bros, for having invoked a term considered taboo... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/NanceGreggs/583 Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:18:52 ... for American citizen DUers who live outside the States:

Please ensure that you've registered for your absentee ballot, so that you can vote in the upcoming election.

I am reminded of the importance of same after reading some very misleading comments on other websites - including several st... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/NanceGreggs/582 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:20:10 Dear President Obama:

A lot of people are upset with you right now. Not me, but a lot of people.

And here’s why …

On your first day in office, you should have overhauled the entire legal system, financial system, education system, healthcare system, rooted-out and fired every incompetent p... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/NanceGreggs/581 Wed, 26 May 2010 23:44:21 Within hours of Rima Fakih being crowned Miss USA, Debbie Schlussel took to her computer and started bitchin’ – because that’s what Debbie does best. More accurately, it's the [i]only[/i] thing Debbie really does.

Ms. Schlussel begins her most recent tirade by saying of Ms. Fakih, [I] “As I’ve n... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/NanceGreggs/579 Mon, 17 May 2010 21:59:48 While you’re sitting there listening to Limbaugh, or watching Beck – while you’re carrying a mis-spelled placard around with words like [i]No amnety![/I] or [I]Make English our Offical Language[/I], or some other slogan that slaughters the language you allegedly hold so dear – while you go [I]teabag... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/NanceGreggs/578 Wed, 12 May 2010 21:30:08 It seems that every time I see footage of Teabaggers, or hear them interviewed, they seem bewildered that the vast majority of the citizenry is not [I]listening[/I] to their message and swelling their ranks.

So I thought I’d end the befuddlement, and spell it out for them.

You chose the name [... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/NanceGreggs/577 Tue, 11 May 2010 21:58:51 It would almost seem appropriate to label this [I]the week the GOP jumped the shark[/I] – and I say “almost”, because as things are unfolding, [I]every week[/I] is now jump-the-shark week where our friends are concerned.

I wonder if they realize how difficult it is to reach across the aisle, when... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/NanceGreggs/576 Fri, 07 May 2010 22:17:52 ... in The Vast Wasteland of MSM [i]News[/i]

I am interested in hearing about the events of the day. I am not interested in the opinions of those who read accounts of those events off a teleprompter, as though doing so somehow qualifies them to speak with authority on any issue. In fact, as has... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/NanceGreggs/575 Thu, 06 May 2010 00:04:32 We’ve been treated to it all week by the news media, folks – a never-ending attempt to label the BP oil spill disaster as Obama’s Katrina. And I’ve got to give the right-wingnuts credit where it’s due: they have been relentless on the topic.

Never before have so many “newscasters” twisted themse... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/NanceGreggs/574 Tue, 04 May 2010 20:48:46 (by NanceGreggs AND JeffR - a coalition of the reluctant but willing)

“When I grow up, I hope to be a hypocritical bastard, who lectures others on the importance of good Christian family values in between brothel visits where I can indulge my fetish for wearing diapers.” [i]David Vitter, 8[/I]
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/NanceGreggs/573 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:11:37 Despite what may seem to be overwhelming evidence to the contrary, not all of my countrymen are bigoted, homophobic, whackjobs. Really.

The vast majority of us are decent, hard-working people – who don’t spend our time protesting government programs that we ourselves benefit from (and we actual... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/NanceGreggs/572 Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:38:09 TO: Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY)

Sir:

Just as on the Recovery Act and Healthcare Reform, you and your party colleagues are now echoing the same mantra in respect of Wall Street Reform: “Let’s slow down and start over.”

I hope you appreciate that millions of Americans wish on a daily bas... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/NanceGreggs/571 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:36:51 During the eight-year nightmare that was the W administration, the Republicans – elected politicians, their spokespeople and their supporters, were the bane of my existence. I was typically enraged on a daily basis by the never-ending lies, deceit, hypocrisy and stupidity.

After little more tha... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/NanceGreggs/570 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:00:56 Barack Obama is a non-citizen, having been born in Kenya. At the time of his birth, a vast left-wing conspiracy, being prescient, planted a birth announcement in a Hawaiian newspaper in order to pave the way to his presidency decades later. The Republican party, despite their access to millions of... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/NanceGreggs/569 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:04:17 Barack Obama is a non-citizen, having been born in Kenya. At the time of his birth, a vast left-wing conspiracy, being prescient, planted a birth announcement in a Hawaiian newspaper in order to pave the way to his presidency decades later. The Republican party, despite their access to millions of... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/NanceGreggs/568 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:03:08 Barack Obama is a non-citizen, having been born in Kenya. At the time of his birth, a vast left-wing conspiracy, being prescient, planted a birth announcement in a Hawaiian newspaper in order to pave the way to his presidency decades later. The Republican party, despite their access to millions of... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/NanceGreggs/567 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:02:54 As many of you know, Project WZW (Who’s Zoomin’ Who) was launched a few months ago, when the organization advertised for volunteers willing to infiltrate Teabagger events and report back their findings as to what these nut-jobs were actually thinking ([I]thinking[/I] being a relative term in this ca... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/NanceGreggs/566 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:53:30 RE your Letter to the American People, April 10, 2010:

You began your little self-serving dissertation predictably – as those of your mindset have a tendency to do.

[I] “In one year, the American people are witnessing the greatest lie that is cleverly orchestrated by President Obama and his wh... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/NanceGreggs/565 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:22:38 So it’s the Teabaggers v the Sane. Alrighty, then, let’s [I]do this[/I].

But first, we have to get the ground rules straight.

Right off the bat, I think it imperative that we begin with a level playing field – and that field is gonna take [I]a hell of a lot of leveling[/I].

First off, you ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/NanceGreggs/564 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:27:24 ... and isn't THAT what the nation has been waiting for?

With all of the current discussion about Obama’s possible SCOTUS nominees, I started thinking (always a dangerous thing, in and of itself) about who I would nominate, were I the current POTUS.

I freely admit (reason No. 2,379,423 why I’m... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/NanceGreggs/563 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:33:37 It is obvious that in view of the current state of the nation, the story of Constance McMillen may seem unimportant – that in the great scheme of things, a young girl’s tale of a disastrous prom night doesn’t deserve yet another retelling, by me or anyone else.

And in most other circumstances, I ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/NanceGreggs/562 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:57:53