http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 21 May 2013 20:49:44 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:49:44 The desire to NOT want to learn.

The fear of thought.

The fear of ideas.

Perhaps it's due to modern technology but, imo, never before in America have so many people (well, the
29%ers" anyway) eschewed the strive to educate themselves. Never before have so many just shut off their brains ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Roland99/60 Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:47:44 I got this email last night from my best friend. He's long been a rock of stability and logic and sees through the bullshit that people put up in their every day lives. I've been telling him for the last few years how the corporations have taken over the country. He would blow most of it off. Then... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Roland99/59 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:14:45 Someone sent me a link to this article this morning. What a wonderful summary of what's happened in the distortion of the corporation to its current form of pure anti-American greed. This should be required reading for everyone!


Oh, and do read the whole thing. I wish I could have copied more ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Roland99/58 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:32:13 So, we're all to believe that this magic "trigger option" will cure all the healthcare industry's woes and a public option won't be needed because insurance companies are going to pull a complete 180 and offer affordable plans (even to those with pre-existing conditions) and won't required huge dedu... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Roland99/57 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:16:45 Whether we want to admit it or not, America changed on 9/11/2001.

It might have been more the way many Americans viewed the world, attacks having come to our shore.

It might have been an awakening to others how America's intervention in political, economic, and social matters around the world ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Roland99/56 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:09:40 Consider these facts in health insurance:

[ul]
[li]Switch jobs, lose old health insurance and have to apply for new insurance.
:sp: :sp: - This brings up the point that a new application often means a waiting period for "pre-existing conditions". Better hope not to have one as it means paying 1... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Roland99/55 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:08:29 A list I'm putting together to highlight the services they likely use on a regular (or as-needed) basis:



So, you say you don't like socialism? You don't want the government running anything? Wellll....

Don't EVER say you honor and support our military. The military (even including private... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Roland99/54 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:24:24 I believe that Jon Stewart had a lot to do with CNN eventually yanking the partisan bickerfest known as Crossfire. Stewart exposed it for what it was...Jerry Springer-type sensationalism that had no place in today's political discourse.

What he did to Jim Cramer and CNBC last night was much the s... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Roland99/52 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:26:21 I was going to come post in here for all to have a Merry Christmas with their family and friends.

I'm going out on a limb that most of us have rather comfortable lives, even if there's a bit of hardship. I read stories more and more each day of families where both parents have lost their jobs and... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Roland99/51 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:36:51 Well, McLame's bitterness and racist tendencies came to surface tonight in a big way. Plus his inability to focus on the proper answer, much like his pathetic running mate, Sarah Palincomparison, you betcha!!

Let's start with the very first question!

[b]QUESTION:[/b] With the economy on the do... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Roland99/50 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:49:14 Oh wait...you can't!

Because you're a freakin' brain-dead, talking-point spewing, beauty pageant runner-up has-been who hasn't the first clue in how to govern this great nation of ours. Get the fuck out of politics, you stupid fucking pig!! Tammy Faye gobs of lipstick won't help your sorry ass... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Roland99/49 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:23:30 No amount of a bailout will "save" Wall Street. They could pass $10 Trillion bailout bill but it won't help. Not one damn bit. Oh sure, it will help short-term stock prices but it will soon come crashing down and hurt like hell because not only would the national debt skyrocket but inflation will... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Roland99/48 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:41:42 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/21/content_10085388.htm

[div class="excerpt"]The plan, part of the government's largest financial bailout since the Great Depression, would give the administration broad power to buy the bad debt of any U.S. financial institutions for the next two years, ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Roland99/47 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 08:00:26 Today, of course, was the 7th anniversary of the 9/11/2001 attacks (in case anyone missed every channel showing some tribute or repeat of the footage of that day - actually, History Channel had a decent one-hour documentary on it.)

I sometimes wonder how much Americans were reminded each year on ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Roland99/46 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:17:35 1. Begin withdrawing troops from Iraq. Leave a small-scale size outside combat areas (like Turkey or Kuwait)...just in case. That will save billions per month.
2. End the *temporary* 2001-2003 Bush tax cuts that should have been tied to budget surplus triggers (as O'Neill and Greenspan originally ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Roland99/45 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:06:34 THE STOVEPIPE by SEYMOUR M. HERSH
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?031027fa_fact
How conflicts between the Bush Administration and the intelligence community marred the reporting on Iraq’s weapons.

[div class="excerpt"][b]The point is not that the President and his senior aides were consc... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Roland99/43 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:52:55 Gen. Petraeus: "[b]We have never given weapons to tribals[/b]," he said. "What we have done is applaud when they ask if they can point their guns at al-Qaeda."

Oh, really??


June 2007

[b]U.S. arming Sunnis in Iraq to battle old Qaeda allies[/b]
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/11/afric... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Roland99/44 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:33:37 May 2007
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10545668

Sept. 2007
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14154847
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14204632
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14210771
http://www.npr.org/t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Roland99/42 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:05:01 Since at least Jan. 2005, the Frat Boy has "urged patience"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1332998


He's still at it:

Sept. 2007
Iraqi civilian deaths up, Bush urges patience
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=3549337... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Roland99/41 Sat, 08 Sep 2007 22:46:11 Jan. 2005
Bush Says (2004) Election Ratified Iraq Policy
[i]the president urged Americans to show patience as Iraq moves slowly toward creating a democratic nation where a dictatorship once stood.[/i]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12450-2005Jan15.html

June 2005
Bush Cites Pro... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Roland99/40 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 09:01:51 And I mean that. In fact, in more ways than one.

The first and most glaring way the horribly waged war of aggression in Iraq has damaged us more is in the loss of life. We lost 2,973 persons in the 9/11 attacks. As of May 1, 2007, we've lost [b]4,017[/b] (Coalition troops + contractors). Over... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Roland99/38 Tue, 01 May 2007 14:56:09 [b]US troops seize gang 'smuggling bombs from Iran'[/b]
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070427185225.eephgeaz&show_article=1


So, judging from that headline which, arguably, is what many people stop at these days when perusing the web for their news, it would appear that, [b]as a statem... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Roland99/37 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:11:33 The Comptroller of the United States, David Walker, will be on CBS' [i]60 Minutes[/i] this coming Sunday, March 4.

[b]DO NOT MISS IT!![/b]

Walker is a key member of The Concord Coalition's [link:www.concordcoalition.org/events/fiscal-wake-up/index.html|Fiscal Wake-Up Tour]

[div class="excer... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Roland99/36 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:23:33 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Together_Forward

[div class="excerpt"]The plan was announced on [b]14 June 2006[/b] by the then-recently installed Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, and intended to increase security conditions in Baghdad through instituting major new measures. Operation Togeth... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Roland99/35 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:47:28 Just look at the words of an al-Maliki advisor:

http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/international/index.ssf?/base/international-36/1168439341135920.xml&storylist=orinternational

[div class="excerpt"]"Prime Minister al-Maliki has told everyone that there will be no escape from attack," a senior... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Roland99/34 Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:57:20