http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 20 May 2013 05:21:21 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:21:21 I think that all of us need to calm down. A lot of the provisions that had to be stripped from the Senate bill to please the GOP and throw a bone to the "Blue Dogs" may come back in the House version or be added in conference.

But perhaps this whole situation shows the need for funding and elec... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RadicalGeek/59 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:37:25 I remember watching the 1st season while I was at college in Rochester, NY. I wondered what all the commotion initially was about.

I was hooked! Of course, I had an odd favorite character--Officer Martinez (and Gina, who literally disappeared from one season to the next).

I actually wrote... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RadicalGeek/58 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:38:45 I heard [a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121255451"]this[/a] yesterday on NPR and I think he makes a good point.

I for one think the push for "Welfare Reform" was a mix of another use of the GOP's strategy of creating an "outgroup" and over-optimism about the economy... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RadicalGeek/57 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:43:35 This would work better in Baseball than anything. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RadicalGeek/56 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:17:26 A few days after 9-11, I was on my way to deposit my paycheck and saw a group of anti-war protesters. I remarked to someone else that the fact that they were allowed to was what separated us from those who had attacked us earlier in the week.

A few months later, having realized that Bush had se... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RadicalGeek/55 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:02:37 [center]
You gotta be;
fiercer than your fears,
and more determined
than your doubts.

You gotta be;
willing to challenge critics,
and able to stun skeptics.

You gotta be;
clever enough to create,
and daring enough to do.

You gotta be;
willing to work,
and resilient eno... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RadicalGeek/54 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:57:07 Michelle Bachman.
Of course the real threats from the GOP we need to look at are Beck, Limbaugh, etc... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RadicalGeek/53 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:53:42 I could see myself in the UFC, etc.
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RadicalGeek/52 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:10:53 But it seems to me that the Gun Lobby utilizes a lot of thinking that's basically the militia movments rhetoric turned down a bit.

I really wish I could find the article [i]Rolling Stone[/i] did after OK City on the ties between the 1st militia movement and the Gun Lobby. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RadicalGeek/51 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:45:05 In that a book I'm using as part of my therapy has a set of questions that relate to going back in time.

I'd probably have gone to a different college; realizing now that my High School left me ill-prepared for any top-tier college, likely wouldn't have taken me seven years to finish a 4-year de... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RadicalGeek/50 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:25:07 Russ Feingold has been at the top of my list. . . ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RadicalGeek/49 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:30:44 I was maybe 6-7 and I went with him to our local polling place.

... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RadicalGeek/48 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:37:56 When you have AM-Radio and it's cable news affiliate to help promote it.
This is also why when a book like [i]House of Bush--House of Saud[/i] or [i]God Delusion[/i] does well it's such a surprise. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RadicalGeek/47 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:24:03 I wonder if maybe we progressives/liberals, etc should start trying to build the infrastructure that would allow 3rd parties to run.

Working for proportional representation in federal elections (IRV for Senate seats and proportional rep for the EC), and public funding of elections, media reform... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RadicalGeek/46 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:39:05 This a friend of mine who is in a desperate search for a Doctor to help her.

But what does it say about the current US health care system that she has to resort to begging for a doctor like a person would beg for change.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RadicalGeek/45 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:58:19 For one, I'm beginning to see God as more a force concept than a person.
Of course, many would say may faith is weak, and a few would say I'm weak for havinh faith in a deity of any sort.
I believe that Christ did exist, but I think a lot of his teachings are ignored or glossed over.
To me a ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RadicalGeek/44 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:14:03 The GOP knows how to use issues like Guns, etc to get people to vote against their economic interests.
Having those places lack an independent media may help too. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RadicalGeek/43 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:11:09 That there be at least ONE non-commerical station in each market, and NPR doesn't count for this purpose, or allow for low-power radio (a la Prometheus) and you may have something.

We do need a new "Fairness Doctrine"--but it doesn't concern opinions as much as access. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RadicalGeek/42 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:48:04 And his book on the O.J Trial.
I need to read the book he did making the case for prosecuting Bush.
(I'll look at the vid later)... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RadicalGeek/41 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:05:44 [center]
[b]Nightwalker[/b]
Dark rage,
where a soul should be.

Vengeance,
replacing compassion.

Seek out,
those who cursed me

to live
in this limbo;

dead,
but alive.

Her memories
haunt me,
fuel me.

They all must die!
So I may die,
and join her.
Where we can... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RadicalGeek/40 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:35:26 Dave Matthews Band
Tori Amos
Indigo Girls
John Mayer
Jack Johnson
Coldplay
Bruce Springsteen
Counting Crows
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RadicalGeek/39 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:13:54 I was in 4th grade and when my Mom went into the basement to get my costume out to clean it before Halloween, it was found to have gotten wet beyond use.

Fortunately my Mom worked at a hospital, and a raid of the supply closet yielded operating room attire (gloves, surgical mask, etc).

My d... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RadicalGeek/38 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:35:22 Well sorta.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/technologylive/2009/10/new-opera-browser-turns-any-pc-into-a-server.html
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RadicalGeek/37 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:13:19 Comedy- Seinfeld
Drama- NYPD Blue
Sci-Fi- Farscape
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RadicalGeek/36 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:37:58 Though now it seems that they've become concerned with not allowing people to end their pain in a humane manner as well. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/RadicalGeek/35 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:15:05