http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:02:32 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:02:32 He's outraged, I tell you.

He thinks it is OUTRAGEOUS that AIG and other companies are being forced to cut executive compensation, even though those funds would come from the federal government.

The companies received bailouts from the United States treasury.

He thinks it's intolerable ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Syrinx/200 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:18:23 "Younger and fresher," is exactly what has gotten them to where they are.

[b]Playboy[/b] was a great magazine, from the fifties through the eighties. They offered intelligent articles on important issues, exclusive interviews with world-class leaders and intellects, and sexy photographs of some ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Syrinx/199 Tue, 12 May 2009 05:32:46 We all know that a week or two ago, the state House of Representatives voted to "honor and commend" Miss USA California for her anti-gay marriage beliefs. What a joke.

Tuesday, the House failed to even bring up for debate the removal of the state sales tax on groceries, because it would result i... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Syrinx/198 Thu, 07 May 2009 04:18:26 When Bush was running for president in 2000, my judgment of him was correct. And yours probably was too.

Back then, I sized Bush up as a pampered scion of a treacherous old-money family, that had built its wealth upon the backs of others, intellectually bankrupt and unfeeling and uncaring.

Hi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Syrinx/197 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:58:33 On "Morning Joe."

Have our standards sunk so low as to have Mike Barnicle as our arbiter of ethics and "taste?"

Mike Barnicle was reprimanded for fabricating a story about children with cancer. And, in a separate instance, he plagiarized jokes from one of George Carlin's books.

Yet, one of... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Syrinx/196 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:33:12 First, let me say that I'm in favor of the "Big 3" bailout, as long as it is in the form of a loan, not a grant. It is imperative for our economy that we salvage a manufacturing base. And I hope that soon-to-be President Obama adopts policies that will get America manufacturing [i]even more[/i] du... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Syrinx/195 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:34:17 There's been a lot made, in the national mass-media, and even here on DU, of the supposed "fact" that Barack Obama received only one in ten "white" votes here in Alabama, for example.

Ten percent. One in ten.

The true number appears to be closer to 17% or 18%, up to maybe 20%.

I know that ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Syrinx/194 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:36:20 We're happy because Obama won, and we're going to change.

But as they got their coats from the bed, the Republicans drowned the government in the bathtub.

And as they go out the door, they're stealing the silverware.

Trillions of dollars worth of silverware.

Silverware that we'll never b... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Syrinx/193 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:19:45 I just came across an interesting article by Gore Vidal, written shortly before 9/11. It is, this month, an archive feature on Vanity Fair's website.

To be clear, the Oklahoma City bombing was heinous, no matter the specific circumstances of the plan to carry it out. However, Vidal points out a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Syrinx/192 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:20:55 That was a Kerry sign.

[i]Now[/i], in Alabama, it's been up for four days, with no problems.

And it's a black guy!

:D
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Syrinx/191 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:25:51 I went by to get a yard sign. They were out of them. I'm okay with that, it just shows they are in demand.

The HQ is located in an otherwise unoccupied house, just off the busiest street in town. And the place was absolutely packed. I asked what was going on. I was told that they were traini... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Syrinx/190 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:58:48 I don't think I have.

Last night Campbell Brown and Jon Stewart seemed to agree that, at least in "prime time," MSNBC represents the "far left," and that their hosts (Keith and Rachel) are somehow equivalent to their FOX counterparts.

Excuse me, but I guess my Kool-Aid must have had some tequi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Syrinx/189 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:49:32 The last time the United States elected a new Democratic president was in the year 1992.

That was also the last time the Alabama Crimson Tide won the national championship in football.

As an Alabama football fan, I'm not quite ready to say that Alabama is the best team in college football, in ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Syrinx/188 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:24:49 I watched the replay of "Hannity And Colmes" because I had already seen the stuff on the other channels.

I was immensely amused by Hannity mocking Barack's "book knowledge." It reminded me of the parents of the dumb kids I went to school with. The parents would promote their kids by saying that... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Syrinx/187 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:22:12 After a long time, all of a sudden.

Didn't our national debt just quadruple or something?

Did the government really buy AIG? Or was it the other way around?

I'm thinking of a word...... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Syrinx/185 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:52:39 I've been watching Leno this week, because Letterman is in reruns. Tuesday night he had the actor Shia Labeouf on the show. I wasn't really paying much attention at first, because I tune in for the jokes, not so much the celebrity interviews. But Labeouf starting talking about something that real... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Syrinx/186 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:02:56 Yes, we have problems. All of the big ones -- are really big ones.

What has been done to it, wasn't just done to it in the last eight years... though the process has undoubtedly accelerated during that time.

What is this "youthful determination of America", that you speak of?

Is there not... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Syrinx/184 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:21:57 I was just channel-surfing and came across "Reefer Madness" on IFC. This bullshit was used in the thirties, by Harry Anslinger, and J. Edgar Hoover, and the rest of the federal government, to marginalize and demonize certain segments of society by hyping manufactured and (mis)-perceived threats to ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Syrinx/183 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:17:25 This is just something I posted on another board a week or two ago. That board is generally antagonistic to the liberal point of view, though I've noticed some softening of that attitude recently. Thankfully.

I'm not claiming this is a great piece of writing or anything like that. It's just a ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Syrinx/182 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 05:21:11 I love it when I see that headline in the daily paper of a small, Southern city. :)

(This is a few days old; sorry I didn't post it earlier.)

[div class="excerpt"]The stories of Siegelman's and Rove's departures from politics couldn't be more different. Recent disclosures, however, suggest tha... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Syrinx/181 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:37:57 I remember seeing a poll last year in which 51% of voters said they would "never, under any circumstances" vote for Hillary Clinton. I can't see what she has done in the meantime to win them over.

Most of the people that "would never vote for Obama," are racists, therefore probably sexist as wel... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Syrinx/180 Sat, 03 May 2008 05:02:19 I've just watched a bit of Scarborough, and a little of "Fox And Friends."

I have lost count of the little ways with which they are promoting Clinton over Obama. It is maddening.

Fox is even saying that the North Carolina ad featuring Jeremiah Wright is being sponsored by the same statewide D... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Syrinx/179 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:34:36 Wouldn't that solve most of our problems?

This is just a spur of the moment post. I probably should have thought this out more carefully before posting, but I think it is true.

I think the top marginal income tax rate in the fifties and early sixties, all through one of the most prosperous ti... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Syrinx/177 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:09:49 There's a lot to be angry about these days, if you haven't noticed.

Obama has shown a lot more character and good judgment than his opponent, who has struggled to find her voice. She can't decide if she's bitter, bemused, angry, condescending, charming, proud to share a stage with Obama, appalle... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Syrinx/176 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:21:27 First of all, I WILL vote for the Democratic nominee, no matter what. That is without question. The future of the federal judiciary, especially the precarious balance of the Supreme Court, is at stake. This raises profound questions about the direction that our country will take in the next few d... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Syrinx/175 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:22:51