http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:29:05 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:29:05 Now don't get me wrong, I love Charlie. Hell, he sends me a Christmas Card every year and he's funny as hell. But I'd rather that WE get the credit for holding him to accounts than to see him hounded out by repigs.

Is there a Seniority appointment that we would NOT like?... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/annabanana/81 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:51:38 ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/annabanana/77 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:42:49 If you've seen the news this morning, you know what happened on West 55th St. yesterday.

There was an audition for that [i]reality show[/i] "America's Next Top Model". Thousands of hopefuls crowded onto West 55th St. in Manhattan, waiting for their big chance. Apparently a car belching exhaust ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/annabanana/68 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:13:45 Humans being the thick things that they are... the MESSAGE has been lost in the worship of the MAN. All religious traditions share some basic fundamental facts regarding how people ought to treat each other. All of them manage to crust up those essentials seeds with dogma and new rules that make s... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/annabanana/67 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:17:18 I scarfed this graphic from Crooks & Liars, because it is [i]so clear[/i] and unarguable. It is to be shown to any remaining republicans you may know... especially the small businessmen, chamber of commerce local bully-type republican...You know.. The ones who still pretend to be reasonable...

h... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/annabanana/65 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:25:20 He was put in office (NOT elected) in order to spearhead the ideologically bankrupt neo-con policies. He has shoveled out the Treasury to privateers ("Contractors") in every branch and office of the Federal bureaucracy. He has operated at the behest of the Cheap Labor "Free Market" Radicals.. He ha... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/annabanana/57 Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:32:09 cross and look at myself in the mirror.

It is the sanctioning of torture [i]in my name[/i] that jolts me from sleep and makes me cry. It is this issue that has me walking away from my dear, blinkered, church. It is this issue that makes it rough for me to go out in "polite company".

Knowing t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/annabanana/56 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:31:19 Is "The last, best, hope on Earth" forever beyond our reach?-

Will there ever be a place where no man is above the Law?

As it looks less and less likely that the brazen lawbreakers, the warmongers, the torturers, the despots will be called to account, here in America. . the Country "of the Peo... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/annabanana/55 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:16:55 the Reactionary Right. If they ever want to see the light of day they will have to return to True North... the REAL center, where America has been all along.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/annabanana/53 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:35:19 "but we'll be a whole hell of a lot closer."

And this is the genius of the idea of America. There has never been, in the history of the World, a Nation as good as that envisioned by the Founding Fathers.

It is the Ideal America that we all, as engaged Citizens must strive for. That's our col... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/annabanana/52 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:53:09 edited to add: REC THIS UP


This is the kind of thing that tends to get buried under all the "stuff du jour" stuff around here.

[b]"further evidence that the decision to endorse torture was made by the administration's most senior officials"[/b]

When we have the White House, the Senate and... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/annabanana/51 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:43:04 Our Treasury will be so severely strained by this bailout, and servicing our enormous debt, and shoveling money to connected contractors, and subsidizing the oil industry and not taxing any of the people who are TAKING all our money..

that we will literally [b]not be able[/b] to perform any of th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/annabanana/48 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:49:37 The Writ of Habeas Corpus was born on this day in 1215 in Runnymeade Meadow, England.

http://christiancovenanter.puritanhead.com/uploaded_images/Magna%20Charta%20Signing-755688.jpg

Let's raise a Goblet and say

"Whew, That Was a Close One"... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/annabanana/43 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:07:46 I know that there has been lots and lots of good legislation passed in the Senate over the course of the last year. Most of it hasn't gone anywhere because the Republicans filibuster it over and over again. And not just the big stuff... even littler things like Amtrak funding gets stuck by the road... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/annabanana/41 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:28:39 From AlerNet.com:
http://www.alternet.org/stories/69164/
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The heroes in today's Pakistan are not the returning former prime ministers -- Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif -- but the Supreme Court and High Court judges who refused to accept Gen. Musharraf's emergency law putting... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/annabanana/37 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:49:23 It has been 100% process..(who "got in a good line", or who "showed their elbows" or who "bounced back" or who "attacked" or who didn't)

And it has been 0% content. NO discussion of issues, NO serious comparison of platforms or positions.

We go into the coverage ignorant, and we come out of th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/annabanana/35 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:12:05 Bush Official in ‘Shouting Match’ with Open Access Supporters

[div class="excerpt"]The Bush administration’s top telecommunications official reportedly tried to “shout down” Net Neutrality and open access supporters after they called him out for spinning America’s Internet market as a wonderland ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/annabanana/30 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:03:52 Wear these when you watch the talking heads. Be especially wary of phrases like "Most Americans favor a route to citizenship for those who want to [i]contribute to the economy[/i]".

There are two basic kinds of jobs; those that require considerable training +/or education, and those that don't. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/annabanana/27 Sat, 19 May 2007 14:17:58 "We must hang together, for we will surely hang separately" - B. Franklin

When Ben F. said this, he was defending the signing of the Declaration. It was a "treasonous document" and they all knew they would be hung if they were caught. He also knew that they stood a chance if they remained united... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/annabanana/26 Thu, 17 May 2007 13:52:52 How often have bills not been passed because the votes to sustain a veto weren't "there"?

How many subpoenas haven't been issued, because we know they'd be rejected for "executive privilege" and, if pursued, would end up at the Supreme Court?

How much business is not done because of foreordai... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/annabanana/24 Sat, 21 Apr 2007 09:16:15 [div class="excerpt"] In 2000, Team Bush took over the Republican Party and laid out its promises to the American people. The following pledges and claims are taken directly from the [B]2000 GOP Platform[/B]. Should we laugh or cry at promises made by an administration that has ruled through decep... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/annabanana/23 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:23:42 The word has been so cheapened by Madison Ave, that it is becoming clear that vast swaths of the population have no idea anymore what it means.

Every Mother of toddlers know that you don't ask a 4 year old what he wants for lunch.. You ask "Do you want PB & J? Or do you want cream cheese?" Or fo... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/annabanana/16 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:09:35 Think about it. The vast majority of the people are ready to get the hell out of Iraq. The vast majority of the people are damned sure not ready to attack Iran.

YET.. "public discourse" consistently pushes the opposite story. Politicians who would attempt to do what the American People are demand... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/annabanana/15 Sat, 30 Dec 2006 09:56:52 There was a story arch, early in the Soprano saga, that entailed the "busting out" of a sporting goods store. The victim was deep in hock, the mob took over the store, made him borrow on all his assets, and liquidated all his merchandise, leaving him broke, in trouble with his legitimate debtors, ho... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/annabanana/14 Sat, 25 Nov 2006 09:41:53 The human capacity for evil is limitless. Our imagination is infinite. That's why the definition MUST be fluid. If it is [i]defined[/i] it can be [b]circumvented[/b]..

We either torture, or we do not torture..

To define limitations is to erase all limits.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/annabanana/13 Sun, 17 Sep 2006 13:51:55