http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:44:31 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:44:31 The Foggy Dew - Sinead O'Connor and the Chieftains http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13MQFCfCYdQ

As down the glen one Easter morn
To a city fair rode I,
Their armed lines of marching men
In squadrons passed me by.
No pipe did hum, no battle drum
Did sound its loud tattoo
But the Angelus' bell... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/WildEyedLiberal/64 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:50:16 Words cannot describe how much I LOATHE the smarmy, arrogant, smirking, self-righteous superiority conveyed in those words.

"Oh, I held my nose and voted for ____."

"If ____ is the candidate I guess I'll have to hold my nose and vote for him/her"

SHUT UP

SHUT UP

SHUT THE FUCK UP

... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/WildEyedLiberal/63 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:48:47 On CSPAN 2 now, talking about withdrawal - how his withdrawal bill last summer was mocked by MSM, Dems and Repubs and got only 13 votes because according to the naysayers "we weren't ready yet." He says 1000 soldiers have died since then and asks angrily if we're "ready" yet or if 1000 more have to... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/WildEyedLiberal/62 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:41:08 I haven't really posted anything at DU since hearing of Jerry Falwell's death, although I have read through several of the DU threads here. There seem to be, broadly speaking, two camps:

1) the people who believe that it is wrong to say unkind things about Falwell at this time and that doing so ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/WildEyedLiberal/61 Tue, 15 May 2007 21:25:12 Many Americans took to the streets in the 1960s to protest an unnecessary war against a country that never attacked us. It's worth remembering which craven Democrats voted for that immoral and illegal war and helped get us stuck in the hellhole of Nam for ten years.

Among those who voted for t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/WildEyedLiberal/60 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 15:52:32 One word for this editorial: WOW.

[div class="excerpt"]I found myself pondering as I watched the heartbreaking Veterans Day ceremonies on television, what the government will tell the family -- parents, spouse, children -- of the last American to die in Iraq. Or the families of all the men and w... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/WildEyedLiberal/59 Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:20:14 I have been very pensive this week, deliberating the fallout of this attempted character assassination against our beloved Senator. During one of my darker moods, I happened to recall a sign I had seen once, in what seems like a lifetime ago:

[i]People are unreasonable, illogical and self-center... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/WildEyedLiberal/58 Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:28:02 Yeah, I know, like DU needs my two cents out of the several hundreds of dollars worth of opinions that have been offered up today, but here it is anyway, if anyone cares.

I'd just like to point out that one of the achievements that we most proudly point to as a party was the signing of the Civil ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/WildEyedLiberal/57 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 02:20:01 So I went home this weekend, partly because I needed to do laundry and partly because I wanted to see my family. I am from a small (pop. 4500) town in the middle of rural corn belt Illinois where the biggest nearby city is my college town, which is an hour away. Political viewpoints are obtained f... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/WildEyedLiberal/56 Sun, 22 Oct 2006 18:05:54 The past couple of weeks have seen a desperate and frenzied effort on the part of certain elements of the liberal blogosphere who, despite their best efforts to drive a stake through the heart of John Kerry's political career, have failed to make that damned nuisance John Kerry [i]go away[/i]. Much... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/WildEyedLiberal/55 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:54:41 I agree with whometense, karynnj, and beachmom, especially with whometense on the idea that the media will be our biggest problem. However - this is JMHO - I think the most crucial task for JK now is to construct his own narrative. He tried to do this in 2004, but the media, by giving credence to ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/WildEyedLiberal/54 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 15:58:24 [div class="excerpt"]WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kerry is ready to join an exclusive club: prominent Democrats shunning three-term Sen. Joe Lieberman to campaign in Connecticut for his anti-war rival Ned Lamont. The Massachusetts senator, the party's 2004 presidential nominee, plans to travel to the sta... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/WildEyedLiberal/53 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 22:25:06 [div class="excerpt"]The silver-haired, silver-tongued Richards said she entered politics to help others — especially women and minorities who were often ignored by Texas' male-dominated establishment.

[b]"I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/WildEyedLiberal/52 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:33:25 It was my school's Homecoming week and I was on the homecoming parade committee, so I was manning a booth in the main hallway of the high school registering students for the car parade. One of my friends walked past and called out "hey, did you know a plane hit the World Trade Center?" He said it ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/WildEyedLiberal/51 Tue, 12 Sep 2006 02:05:23 It's been five years since 9/11, which seems unreal to me. Five years since our Criminal in Chief declared that Osama was "wanted dead or alive." Five years later, Bush has abandoned any pretense of searching for bin Laden, is busy calling anyone who dissents with his imperial war for oil in Iraq a ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/WildEyedLiberal/50 Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:38:38 NOTHING is ever good enough. NO ONE can ever meet the ridiculously impossible standards the left sets - no politician, no spokesman, no writer or radio host or magazine or radio station or anyone propagating liberal thoughts and ideas anywhere could ever possibly live up to the expectations the lef... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/WildEyedLiberal/49 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:27:35 I have a few DU Kerry supporters friended on facebook, but I know there are lots of people here whose name I don't know in RL. Also, for those of you out of college, there are lots of work networks that are open to facebook now too, so if your company has a facebook network, you can join as well.
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/WildEyedLiberal/48 Sat, 26 Aug 2006 12:48:51 Link here: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/8/17/132653/514

Show some support for our favorite Senator!... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/WildEyedLiberal/47 Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:39:33 Bolded parts are my emphasis:

[div class="excerpt"]Dear WildEyedLiberal,

People who live in white houses shouldn't throw stones.

George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Karl Rove should know better, but it's no surprise they don't. For almost five years now, every time they've got their backs to th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/WildEyedLiberal/46 Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:57:43 From the [link:www.darfurscores.org/press|Darfur Genocide Congressional Scorecard]:

[div class="excerpt"]Darfur Scorecard: At a Glance

The House of Representatives earned an overall C; 18% of the chamber (79 members) earned an A or A+; Two-thirds earned a C or worse; one-third earned a D or wo... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/WildEyedLiberal/45 Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:27:42 "George hoped someday to become a dentist. George said he saw dentistry as a perfect profession - getting paid to make people suffer.”

Sounds like something a lefty blogger would say about Felix, doesn't it?

Actually, that quote is courtesy George Allen's [b]sister[/b].

[link:www.huffingt... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/WildEyedLiberal/44 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:17:35 How many "poor and disadvantaged" people do you really know? Or are you just letting Rush tell you that they're all lazy good-fer-nuthin (black - ahem) welfare slackers so you can justify selfish, greedy policies?

Tell me, oh font of wisdom, how do you feel about corporations cheating the govern... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/WildEyedLiberal/43 Sun, 13 Aug 2006 23:06:32 Is it fascism yet?

CNN's Chuck Roberts insinuates that Ned Lamont is the "al-Qaeda candidate:"

Link to thread with video:http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1890578

Contact CNN here and tell them you will not tolerate their vile slander: http:... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/WildEyedLiberal/41 Fri, 11 Aug 2006 20:34:59 In which he has a conversation with Kerry and Kerry explains why he voted yes on IWR. He now recognizes that the whole "case for war" was a complete sham and has apologized for his vote. In 2002 he was for Biden-Lugar, which would have stipulated that independent UN inspections must turn up eviden... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/WildEyedLiberal/40 Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:12:00 http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2006/08/08/documents_pigs_head_suspect_thought_hed_face_lesser_charge/

[div class="excerpt"]AUBURN, Maine --A Lewiston man accused of rolling a pig's head into a mosque talked to a police officer beforehand and believed he'd be guilty only of litter... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/WildEyedLiberal/39 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 12:42:55