http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 23 May 2013 09:15:55 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:15:55 I'm sure many of you have witnessed a sporting event, where people are excitedly rooting and cheering for the home team. What enables this is the human instinct of tribalism. In this instance, as long as it doesn't lead to violence,it is harmless. In politics, it can be dangerous, because instead ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RDANGELO/21 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:26:55 The anti health care protesters show up at the town hall meetings. They are misinformed. They believe there are death panels. They believe this government run health care. They don't know that Medicare is a government program. They believe all of the myths that are thrown out there. They act like j... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RDANGELO/20 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:04:09 Being loud to make a point is one thing, but impeding the flow of information, which is what the tea baggers are trying to do at the town hall meetings, is undemocratic and dangerous. It seems that what the organizers are trying to do is disrupt the meetings to a point that information concerning t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RDANGELO/19 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:34:18 If the health care bill that comes out of congress does not have at least a good public option, the President should veto the bill and announce that he is proposing a windfall profit tax on the health insurance industry until one is passed. The money collected could go directly to medicare. He shou... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RDANGELO/18 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:20:01 The natural tendency in any capitalist society is that the rich will get richer and everybody else will get poorer. The only thing that can stop this is government regulation. The fact that the elite are at the top of the economic chain, gives them the power to continuously grab more wealth, and ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RDANGELO/17 Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:23:31 Most of the Republicans in congress do not form their views from a well thought out rational philosophy. Their views are formed from a cultural and reactionary view of society. They pretend that these ideas are based on logic and facts but they are not.

YOU CANNOT HAVE A LOGICAL DEBATE WITH T... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RDANGELO/16 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:58:52 I have come to the conclusion that the selection of Palin is about racial identity politics more than anything else. They want the young attractive white woman contrasted with the black man. The more that Palin is attacked, the more people will be affected by racial identity. This pick doesn't chan... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RDANGELO/15 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:12:43 Recently John McCain made a statement to the effect that, he was the underdog. but that he would rise to win the election in the last 48 hours. This makes me think that the GOP is going to tear into Obama at the last minute with vicious and racially tinged messages, using the airwaves and the inte... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RDANGELO/14 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:55:14 Evidentially, McCain had a relationship with Cindy before he divorced his first wife, Carol. She was almost killed but disfigured in a car accident while he was a p.o.w. in Vietnam. If this becomes common knowledge, it could become a big drag on his campaign. Some people will not want her to be F... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RDANGELO/13 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:47:11 The Clintons have been running an old fashion kingpin, bandwagon campaign, where the candidate runs down the middle, everyone jumps on and any supposed opposition is drowned out with lack of support and resources. The problem. That doesn't work anymore. Activists like us are able to communicate thr... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RDANGELO/12 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:51:45 First, let me say this, George W. Bush deserves to be impeached. He mislead the country into the unnecessary war, violated the geneva conventions, subverted the law by spying on people. The list is endless.

I don't see impeachment as an ends to itself. The objective of the Democrats should... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RDANGELO/11 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 13:43:18 By commuting Libby's sentence, **** is putting a stain on VP Cheney and the whole administration. It is clear from the trial that Libby was lying to protect himself and Dick Cheney. He was operating on the orders of the VP. By commuting his sentence and not pardoning him, he is implicating the gu... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RDANGELO/10 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:03:00 After **** vetoes the Iraq supplement bill, what the Democrats in congress can do is to provide everything that the generals need to conduct the war for six months. Then they could force him to veto a timed withdrawal again in six months. The added political pressure on the Republicans could eve... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RDANGELO/8 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:55:14 Today in his opening statement, Libby's lawyer accused the *administration, or at least Rove, of setting him up to take the fall for the Plame outing. but unless they are going to accuse people of having various reporters lie and others forging evidence, it doesn't really make sense. What does it... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RDANGELO/7 Tue, 23 Jan 2007 20:48:57 In the budget for the war, the Democrats in congress should start mandating cuts in the number of troops deployed and also call for the establishment of a special diplomatic team to bring together the Countries of the Middle East and the major political factions in Iraq to convene a peace conferen... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RDANGELO/6 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:58:56 In my way of political thinking, there is time for winning elections and there is time for taking the progressive argument to the American people. We have about a year before the Presidential elections really kick into gear. Now is the time for bloggers, radio talkers, and people like Kieth Olbe... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RDANGELO/5 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:37:24 Within the last couple of days, Joe has stated that he would run as an independent, if he did not win the Democratic Senatorial primary in Connecticut. Now, he has to know that this is going to alienate some of his own party by saying he is going to run against the nominee and thus losing him vo... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RDANGELO/4 Thu, 06 Jul 2006 10:49:30 With the eminent release of RFK jr. article on the presidential election in Ohio, America could eventually be entering into a political environment that it has never experienced. That is where the majority of the people believe that the sitting president has stolen the election that put him in pow... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RDANGELO/3 Thu, 01 Jun 2006 13:41:45 If *Bush explicitly authorized the Plame leak, then he is directly responsible for any damage to national security that resulted from the information being made public. It would be his ultimate responsibility to make sure that measures were in place to insure that sensitive information was not re... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RDANGELO/2 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 17:45:19 I suspect that shrub's statement,which gave the implication that a substantial amount of troops will be in Iraq for the duration of his presidency ,was a ploy to get the Democrats to overplay their hand leading up to the congressional elections. As troops are pulled out of Iraq, if things are perce... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RDANGELO/1 Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:45:37