http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:58:15 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:58:15 [i]Thanks to everyone who helped me research this. I will post my reply below though it is a bit long. I think it may help since lots of right wingers are claiming what the guy below is and they depend on people being ignorant and not questioning them.[/i]

sorry I didnt' reply sooner. But this... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/booley/33 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:27:43 Just a reminder of why Anthony Weiner was so popular and why the right hated him so much.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-efD6wuhHpQ

So the next time the Right does something so abominable and heartless and just plain evil (and you know there will be a next time), who will call them out on it?... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/booley/32 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:05:38 Perhaps it's just me but I can't help but notice something. When it comes to the placing of blame on the Shirley Sharrod firing, there are two camps.

One camp, which includes Progressives, typically agree that the Obama Administration (by which they mean Vilsack, Sherrod's boss) was wrong to fire... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/booley/31 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:14:01 For years we have heard a familiar if rather baseless plenti-plaint screed by conservatives as to our social safety net.

[b] Medicare is BROKE!

Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme!

The government assistance is actually a plot to enslave you![/b]

Hell, Even Reagan said that Medicare would l... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/booley/30 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:55:05 Yeah I know, what a shock. But the sheer ignorance and how this ignorance manages to spread should be recognized I think.

It started when I went to another forum...
[i]
There is a bill moving in the Congress -- its identification is HR 1913. Generally , [b]it adds 30 behaviors, conduct or sexu... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/booley/29 Wed, 06 May 2009 16:04:12 At first it just didnt' make sense. Disappointment ok. Anger or recriminations, all right.

But cons every where have been downright paranoid and even dumb in their conspiracy theories over what they think Obama will do

Obama's using executive orders to undo Bush's executive orders that he us... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/booley/28 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:43:26 Republicans are such good friends to America. Oh sure, not every single Republican but most, especially those in control of the party, show their love for America everyday.

They don't criticize her. They lover her right or wrong.

Why can't Liberals and Democrats be more like Conservative Repu... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/booley/27 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:16:38 The first one being is that when you go off this way, any point you make gets lost because you sound more like an asshole.

And this happens in large part because, like the OP above, the writer forgets the other weaknesses in this kind of argument.

such as:

These are generalizations and as s... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/booley/26 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:33:33 Got this chain letter from my sister who normally knows better. (in fact she probably sent it to me hoping I would respond)

[i] I AM NOT ASHAMED TO PASS THIS ON!! I AM PROUD TO BE ONE OF THE 86%!!! (Although the names don't show, this has been sent to thousands of people ,I hope you all agree t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/booley/25 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:25:17 Got bored so i worked on my e-mail signatures. (Hey, it beats doing work!)

And got a brainstorm, doing definitions from a conservative pov.

Let me know what you think and feel free to add more..

[i][b]Right Wing Think Tank[/b]: Any Institution committed to making "Shit Sandwich" sound deli... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/booley/24 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:03:00 How long do you think the thread would be?

I only ask because it seems if you want a thread with a humongouse reply count and lots of flaming and name calling and irational posts..all you got to do is is start one about one of those topics.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/booley/23 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:48:02 Selective in what they get outraged about.

Saddam torturing:so horrible we need to invade and kill iraqis to save them. Shrub torturing: What a great idea!!

Selective Morals.

Clinton cheating on his wife: Requires millions for a federal investigation. Republicans cheating: so what?

A... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/booley/22 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:53:01 Please, somebody tell me this is a joke and I just didn't get it.

[i][b]The inadequacy of Democracy, rule by the majority, is undeniable – for it demands adopting ideas because they are popular, rather than because they are wise[/b]. This means that any man chosen to act as an agent of the people... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/booley/21 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:44:21 Finally after years of no one being able to explain how gay marriage would destroy straight marriages, along comes this.

Finally it's all so clear!

... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/booley/20 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:06:19 the cons will see this and say "See!? This prove islam is evil and so it's ok to bomb/torture/detain them!"

Yes, i know how insane that line of reasoning is. but I've seen it before. And so this violence will be seen evidence that there needs to be even MORE violence.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/booley/19 Fri, 04 May 2007 16:31:22 Some once asked me this. Not here. But somewhere.

While I admit I started calling Shrub SHRUB when I first heard Molly Ivans say it, I now realize the metaphor is completely accurate.

....A small plant with delusions of being a tree.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/booley/18 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:36:02 Seems somebody has learned a thing from the Republicans...

[b]The software mogul Tim Gill has a mission: Stop the Rick Santorums of tomorrow before they get started. How a network of gay political donors is stealthily fighting sexual discrimination and reshaping American politics
.................. http://journals.democraticunderground.com/booley/17 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:39:13 Can't these guys ever come up with an original idea?

When they were stealing thier election strategies from Hitler and Stalin, that was bad enough.

Then they did thier own version of the Daily Show, but without the actual funny parts. (which when I first saw it, looked almost exactly like the ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/booley/16 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:36:31 You may or may not know that Russ Carnhan has not said whether he would oppose the escalation of the Iraq war. So I wrote him a letter to help get him ot our side of the fence.

I doubt he will read it, much less respond (form letters don't count as a response).

Still , I figured I would put th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/booley/15 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:02:18 Long Story short, A Christian Chaplan decides to Convert to Wicca becuase he beleives it better suits his beliefs. But when he tries to change from a Christian Chapan to a Wiccan one, his transfer gets denied and he is tossed out of Iraq (and here you got Shrub wanting to throw more people in..)

... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/booley/14 Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:33:22 ...and by this I mean..

Rangel-" [i]I want to make it abundantly clear: if there’s anyone who believes that these youngsters want to fight, as the Pentagon and some generals have said, you can just forget about it. No young, bright individual wants to fight just because of a bonus and just becaus... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/booley/13 Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:24:28 Yes, this is one of those "[i]Oh my Gods I can't believe this freeper said this[/i] " posts.

But honestly, I can't believe this freeper said this...

"[i]There is an excellent piece on Fox tonight about the Threat of Radical Islam...Essentially how hordes of youth, unto the millions, are being ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/booley/12 Sat, 04 Nov 2006 21:19:41 For fun, I decided to take some common things cons have said to rationalize Shrub's polices and see how they would do in a real world setting. Tom Tomorrow does this very well in his comics.

This is no means an exhaustive list. One simply can't exhaustively document Bullshit. Others can (and ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/booley/11 Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:00:16 I am talking about the latest video with Azzam the American. I have no idea if this has ben discussed or debunked or what here. But I did see it on other forums (where the freepers are having a field day.."[b]See, the islamofascists ARE out to convert or kill us! I told you so![/b]"

I mean, fi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/booley/10 Sun, 03 Sep 2006 14:41:29 I looked at the sources this guy gave me. And as I thought, it was al crap. The writer claimed sources said thinsg they didn't, ignored what was actually written in the articles, made really anti-common sense claims and even tried to cite pics as proof that didn't exist.

In a nut shell, here's ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/booley/9 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 02:53:14