http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:55:08 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:55:08 when it becomes so ritualistic, so full of congratulatory pageantry, it may be a psychological "nudge" to keep on doing it.

All the choirs, the flags & parades, to "honor" the ones who "gave their lives" or who are the "fallen".

They did not GIVE their lives, and they did not "oops-fall", they... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/SoCalDem/193 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:19:46 how many people will show up with a cashier's check for $10K?

I am starting to think that the whole health care plan was scuttled early on, and all the drama is just that...drama.

It should have been but ONE facet (of 4)of a real stimulus bill ...in FEBRUARY, and it should have been Medicare f... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/SoCalDem/192 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:43:04 The main reason why we are having so much trouble with health care is that it's being done out of order.

Media & Lobbying are muddying the waters....bigtime..

and why would they be doing this?

Because BIG MONEY is at stake.

True reform will never happen until the stranglehold that money ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/SoCalDem/191 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:34:41 This is what's at the crux of our next problem.

We (the US) are no longer the driving force in the world. We no longer make & provide the necessities of life for the world.

When we stopped BIG manufacturing, on a grand scale, we switched to a "make-work" economy, where paper-pushing, phone-ans... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/SoCalDem/190 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:47:44 But not "that kind of free". You know the one I mean----the "free", as in free from British Rule.

That's so "last 3-centuries ago".

We are accustomed to BEING free, as we know it.

We have morphed into wanting everything to BE free FOR us.

[u]Roads?? yep..we need 'em....[/u]
but god-dam... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/SoCalDem/188 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:41:29 We've been planning the fishing trip for decades, and we plan and we plan and we plan. We argue, we argue some more and then when we're done arguing, we argue again.

The time to fish or cut bait has arrived.

The one thing that politicians hardly ever talk about is this one issue.

National R... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/SoCalDem/187 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:12:37 There are far too many people in the good ole USofA, who have bought into the "We're No.1" meme..about EVERYTHING!.

best hospitals
best doctors
best schools
best colleges
best of it all
best military
best standard of living

The people who truly believe this, cannot see how anything shoul... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/SoCalDem/186 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:31:50 The nut-cases are doing now, what they could not manage to do in '08....and they are doing it with the aid & comfort of the same media who shut them down last year.

What a difference a year makes.

They were unsuccessful last year because "their" candidate was un-electable, and the press did no... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/SoCalDem/185 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:00:50 and every day at work, the guy you replaced, all his friends, and everyone who tried out for your job, are there..in your face, criticizing your efforts. They have their friends writing articles and are posting them on the bulletin boards at work, in your neighborhood, and in the papers, about how a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/SoCalDem/184 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:35:17 Blast from the past.. Cleaning up an old computer..found this from 2004 about the Kennedy v Bush dynasties..

I thought it was fitting to re post it now..


SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sat Feb-07-04 09:29 PM



The Litter Box Dynasty

http://socaldem.smugmug.com/photos/3418... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/SoCalDem/183 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:04:54 Code words, all.

History is defined as:

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http://www.articlesbase.com/college-and-university-articles/definitions-of-history-236921.html
The term ‘history’ is derived from the Greek word ‘historia’ which means ‘information’ or ‘an enquiry designed to elicit truth’. It is ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/SoCalDem/182 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:54:21 We need it
we know we need it
and most of us cannot continue to afford the "private" method

We either pool our money and get coverage for all of us, or year by year, person by person, we get sicker.... and broker

we're all going to die, eventually, so immortality is not the issue.

no amou... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/SoCalDem/181 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:41:54 There was a time when you went to the doctor, you paid a very affordable office call charge when you left.

You went to a drugstore and filled a prescription (again very affordable)

Your boss did not even KNOW you went to the doctor (unless you asked for time off). He did not care (excepts as a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/SoCalDem/180 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:36:37 Home bartenders may not use this term anymore, but "back-in-the-day", the guy serving up liquor would ask his guests to pick their poison.. yuk-yuk-yuk..gimme scotch.

That's what the co-op plan will be..

We all pretty much know how the insurance behemoths operate by now, and if a choice betwee... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/SoCalDem/179 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:57:28 THIS is why the insurance companies, Big-R[sub]x[/sub] & Hospitals-for-profit Co ,Inc are fearful, and why they are pulling out all the stops.

and about the Death Panels...

Don't forget that Nursing Homes, "Convalescent" Centers, and rehab places that specialize in aged-care are BIG BUCKS ente... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/SoCalDem/177 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:28:31 The health care "expos" that are going on around the country, point to another problem we have. It's a problem that most are covering incorrectly.

The former Aetna executive who saw & reported on one in Appalachia, touched on it, and now there's another one going on here in Inglewood, CA.

THOU... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/SoCalDem/176 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:20:08 He was wrong about what that vision IS, though.

Republicans see only as far as their wallets, their noses & their own personal concerns.

They see "climate change" as it affects their ability to go fishing in January (not ice fishing, either).

They see it as a great thing, to be able to send... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/SoCalDem/175 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:20:53 We were led to believe that there would be a sundae.

With three flavors of ice cream..real ice cream..and there would be chocolate sauce, whipped cream, strawberries, and maybe even a sliced banana at the bottom.

We've been promised this sundae for a long time..you might say we have craved it.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/SoCalDem/172 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:35:11 "You" respond with obvious displeasure and tell the offender to STFU.

They yell it again..only louder.

You up the ante and a little scuffle breaks out.

The "yeller" is now accusing YOU of stifling "their" 1st amendment rights.

Media types interview the now-blubbering AcademyAward nomine... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/SoCalDem/170 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:34:20 Step one:

Use a daily drip drip drip method on TV, Radio, & in every publication. Gin up anger in the "low information" voter.

Step two:

Low information people love bus tours as much as they love attention paid to them. Make them feel important. Invite them to participate in the Bus-a-paloo... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/SoCalDem/169 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:30:14
The screen-cap

http://socaldem.smugmug.com/photos/612848548_g48XD-M.jpg

the site:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=44596143069

another site:

www.American Liberty Alliance.com

corrine williams:
http://www.chicagoyrs.com/userfiles/image/Leadership_Team_Photos/corrine%20williams... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/SoCalDem/174 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:30:02 THIS WAS POSTED ONLINE..FOR ALL TO SEE..
http://www.chicagoyrs.com/userfiles/image/Leadership_Team_Photos/corrine%20williams%201.jpg

http://www.chicagoyrs.com/leadership-team
Corrine Williams
Communications Director
corrineannwilliams [at] gmail.com

Corrine received a B.A. in Political Sci... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/SoCalDem/173 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:18:42 We sign the checks for our health care payments, or we see it in black & white on our paystubs. We KNOW what it costs us now.

Because there is not a "cut and dried" plan chosen to be "the one", all discussion about it is amorphous and impossible to explain in any cogent manner.

It's as if we a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/SoCalDem/171 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:12:48 The once "Grand Old Party" is no longer Grand, or even much of a party (in any sense of the word party). They have managed to hang onto the "old" part, as in old ideas, old rhetoric, and old, white, misogynistic,bigoted, racist, mostly southern men, as their current base

Since Watergate, they hav... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/SoCalDem/168 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:51:31 http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2008/


It's a .png file, so just scroll down a bit..It's a whole-lotta blue..

It will be interesting to see how the media's full court press to destroy democrats will change congress in '10 & the '12 election, but the '08 election was something els... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/SoCalDem/167 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:24:30