TwilightZone's Journal - Democratic Underground http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sat, 25 May 2013 21:39:30 Sat, 25 May 2013 21:39:30 No Palin Content! - This should have ended the McCain campaign: "The first attack occurred in Iran." Several days ago, Jeffrey Feldman at Huffington Post wrote the following:

[i]"Last night, while Americans sat quietly expecting to watch a video 'tribute' to victims of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001--John McCain took advantage of America's good will to showed a video falsely link... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TwilightZone/8 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:58:04 Clues that the post you’re reading on DU might not be sincere [b]1) A post starts with “I hate to say it, but….”[/b]

The reverse, of course, is true. It’s not hate, it’s love. The poster is simply [b]thrilled[/b] to be providing you with the information that follows.

Remove the above phrase, and you usually end up with the sincere part.

[i]Example:... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TwilightZone/4 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:05:52 Yeah, I’m a Democrat. You got a problem with that? Some people around here use “Democrat” like it’s a curse word. A word worthy of contempt and derisiveness. An identity to be mocked.

Well, I got news for ya, folks. I am a Democrat, and I don’t care who knows it. And, GASP!, I even support Democrats for office! Oh, the humanity!

This elect... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TwilightZone/1 Sat, 20 Oct 2007 10:02:56