TheKentuckian's Journal - Democratic Underground http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 19 May 2013 23:21:57 Sun, 19 May 2013 23:21:57 And you Sir, support a system where there is nothing in place to guarantee that such an act was done by any individual. There is no burden of proof or accountability because the entirety of the decision tree is in a closed loop.

Indeed, there is no verification after the fact to ensure that the process is in anyway dependable.

You may well be comfortable in this case...fine, but you ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TheKentuckian/93 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 15:11:42 He's ramping the stupid cuts up. That is astounding. I could never have called that one. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TheKentuckian/92 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:06:53 Maybe someone who works hard, tries to tell the truth, who is about the only person standing up for the 99ers, who was relentless in pursuit of health care for all Americans, and is a friend to labor is rightfully offended in being lumped with O'Reilly, Rush, and Hannity who do nothing but lie and mislead in the interest of the wealthy and oppressive.

I'm pissed for him and think it reflects po... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TheKentuckian/91 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:17:20 Beautiful, heartfelt post but I think you still are calling for offense being a crime You are stepping down an insanely dangerous path a little more rashly than I'm able to see as the long term best interest of maintaining a free society.

I certainly share your feelings on the plausible ramifications of these stupid, knuckle dragging, hateful, and bigoted actions fully but my fear... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TheKentuckian/90 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:33:22 No better example of why the "New Democrats" must be eradicated at all costs this side of Dick Morris.

Failure to weed the garden leads to the plants that bear fruit being chocked out.

Soon the garden will be a plot of weeds and thistle if these trends continue.

Let there be no question that there are forces that are tireless in the destruction of the ideals, values, and princip... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TheKentuckian/89 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:55:43 Their goals cannot be accomplished by rolling over and going away The "concerns" enumerated cannot be answered in sound bites or 20 minutes with David Gregory. Some of them are incurable absent personal exposer. Some are pretty much a requirement to disprove a negative because they are built on BIGOTED emotional responses rather than anything related to evidence.
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TheKentuckian/88 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:31:45 Reeeeeaaaaaccchhh. Dude, you are blaming the left because Guidonation likes a blustery "Straight talker"?

We could be out laying palm leaves in front of Obama and would have no impact on that situation.

You all should have dropped the Bankster Corzine in the primaries and ran somebody that wasn't distrusted and hated and this would have never happened.

You drank too damn much... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TheKentuckian/87 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:48:11 Because New Democrats = Old Republicans Hippie punching and going after welfare queens.

Cutting deals with corporations and jailing activists.

Free trade and tax breaks.

Cutting Social Security and and calling for drug tests.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TheKentuckian/86 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:35:32 They would as always as principle "stakeholders" work to get shifty layers of regulation, taxes, etc To choke those small business down and make the costs too high to operate independently. They'll have needed capital to deal with the oppressive government and slowly buy many if not most out even if it takes one of those bizarre land lease building own deals and just jack the rent above plausible i... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TheKentuckian/85 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:38:14 To those bent out of shape about the latest Wikileaks release and so vexed Most of you are endangering the troops by campaigning to put them in harm's way for bogus reasons and the purpose of gain for a greedy few.

You are culpable for the waste of our blood and our treasure!

You cheer lead for wasting our nation away on folly.

You give the political cover need to... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TheKentuckian/84 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:43:06 Our overall national security will improve Simply from not being anchored in a wasted effort. Beyond being able to more wisely allocate these blown resources more wisely almost however they are spent, including debt service.

We will certainly benefit in general deterrence capability by not being mired in an unwinnable farce. Our ability t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TheKentuckian/83 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:32:44 We need to be focused on lowering the age to tighten up the job market so people can not only get a job but one that pays a decent living wage so we can pay to to take care of ourselves and the children, the old, and the sick while building up something for ourselves instead of falling for a con that will grow elderly poverty like a weed and depress wages massively.

... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TheKentuckian/82 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:06:15 If they are so bad then their policies, ideas (such as they are), and principles should be repudiated and tossed into history's waste basket rather than assimilated, modified slightly, and put into effect.

I realize EXACTLY how gawtawful and repulsive the Republicans are (nor have I lost track of how much I disagree with our father's Republicans either) and that is why it is most impor... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TheKentuckian/81 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:56:23 #1 reason it is clear we have significant internal issues that are serious roadblocks to any succes beyond any opposition. Perhaps nothing this side of believing the world of flat is more repudiated by reality than Republican economic ideology.

This isn't the first time the wheels have come off this jalopy. Everyone over the last hundred and fifty years this philosophy has been even halfway att... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TheKentuckian/80 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:55:35 The majority is not a tyranny and might does not make right Hating cruelty, hating the disregarding of civil rights and liberties, hating disdain for the concept of equality under the law should be righteous and society wide.

Hating our fellow citizens and human beings for the way they were created by God and were born ain't in the same ballpark.

You a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TheKentuckian/79 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:05:46 More reverse assimilation and Reich wing capture of our party in a vain attempt to absorb and expand the tent.

I don't give a fuck about any more contortions to shave votes. If they can be made to fight among them selves and chip and shatter then that's cool but I'm not interested in peeling far Reich wing racists and fluoride fearing nutjobs.

They seem to split on not being absurd... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TheKentuckian/78 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:14:07 Many do but they don't care, they are scuttling the USS America Time to diversify. They believe they have created a much wider consumer base now and a large American middle class is no longer particularly beneficial to them. They have spent the past two generations seeding economies around the world at our expense and now they are looking to move to a more stand... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TheKentuckian/77 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:39:16 Simply put because he demonstrates the ideological position that the the best engine for the social and economic advancement is corporate commerce. As such his primary concerns are always what is good for the powerful and the wealthy because without growth, ever increasing trade, and economic interconnectedness his entire philosophy of the advancement of humankin... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TheKentuckian/76 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:22:15 Probably because we are not in the Whitehouse. All we can do is push for policy that will lead to a healthier America with broader prosperity and increased opportunities for all. All we can do is demand the wars end and all of our troops come home, not just half of them or a slim plurality but all so those resources can be reinvested in our own people or at the very, very least ceas... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TheKentuckian/75 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:01:15 If our hope is in craven politicians who fight for the wealthy and corporate interests leaving the least of us behind in dreams of riches from global commerce and wars to provide poor people's resources for the plunder of the wealthy and leaving them with nothing but nightmarish memories of war and loved ones lost then that's a castle made of sand.

Our hopes lie in the indomitable ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TheKentuckian/74 Sun, 27 Jun 2010 22:53:02 I don't believe the thrusts of Ratigan's or Warren's points are mutually exclusive However, in addressing the systemic issues that got us here and that was eating us like cancer for years before the last crashout, Ratigan's points are more compelling and he is focused on a broader picture.

What we have here is the legislative equivalent of a gussied up hoptie. You know, a five ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TheKentuckian/73 Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:30:17 Yes, I'm disappointed. I don't give a shit how bad BushCo was or how much worse McCain and Palin would be.

I didn't work, donate, or vote for those moronic heathens. I don't subscribe to their policies, rhetoric, values, or world view. They have no legitimacy whatsoever in my mind and should be disbanded as a terrorist and anti-American entity.

They are not even an option, they... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TheKentuckian/72 Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:44:35 A longer list of words and their responding unacceptable usages, I have never seen. Not on the debate team, on line communities from the days of BBS's at 300 baud to present of all sorts, a variety of corporate environments, not in dealing with government contractual obligations. Nowhere except in literature, history, and political science courses that I can recall and never in a p... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TheKentuckian/71 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:03:50 Seems many of us are tempted by and fixated on "the ring" too Now that we possess it the desperation to keep it outweighs all the wonderfully laudable reasons for acquiring "the ring".

It's easy to forget how the ring vexed poor Boromir, how neither Aragorn nor Gandalf would take the ring anywhere near Gondor, how Faramir would not touch it, the temptation ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TheKentuckian/70 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:06:51 Other: To learn the ways of the Force and become a Jedi, like my father before me I think that's my motivating factor for anything in life once "for the money", "for the women, or "it gets you sooo wasted" don't really fit but is too concrete or serious to respond with "for the shits and giggles".... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TheKentuckian/69 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:08:10