http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:55:45 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:55:45 All the news today, GM's demise; the selling of the Hummer line to the Chinese; the Chinese laughing out loud during a speech in Beijing by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner that Chinese assets were secure in America; Obama's trip to Saudi Arabia; got me to thinking about this scene in Network.

Pa... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bushmeister0/87 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:32:46 NYT:

"Last week, a group of university professors petitioned the White House to end a longstanding practice of sending a wreath to a monument to Confederate soldiers on the cemetery grounds. Mr. Obama continued that tradition but started another, the White House said, by sending a second wreath a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bushmeister0/86 Mon, 25 May 2009 17:29:13 From the annals of the greatest economic crisis since the great depression; Va. rep. takes the bull by the horns (or not, as the case may be).

CNN's amfix blog:

"A number of people,” (Moran) says, 'have come up, including colleagues, and said I’m fed up. I don’t want my three or four-year old ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bushmeister0/85 Thu, 07 May 2009 17:07:13 The NYT reports:

"A one-and-a-half-inch hole caused by corrosion allowed about 100,000 gallons of water to escape from the main system that keeps the reactor cool immediately after any shutdown, according to nuclear experts. The leak was discovered on Feb. 16, according to the plant’s owner, Ente... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bushmeister0/84 Fri, 01 May 2009 14:31:44 The NYT's C. J. Chivers, embedded with the Army's Company B of the First Battalion, 26th Infantry, in the Korangal Valley region of Afghanistan reports WP was issued in a recent ambush of Company B.

"Farther back, at Company B’s outpost, a pair of Air Force noncommissioned officers was directing... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bushmeister0/83 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:59:09 "TEMECULA, Calif. – A gunman opened fire at a Korean Christian retreat center on Tuesday night, killing one and wounding three others, authorities said.

The gunman was believed to be among the injured at the Kkottongnae Retreat Camp, and investigators were unsure what prompted the attack, sheriff... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bushmeister0/81 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:08:27 "Around the country, there is a shortage of ammunition used in many types of firearms. Some attribute the shortage to the election of President Obama, and fears his administration will usher in more restrictive gun laws. Johnny Dury, owner of Dury's Gun Shop in San Antonio, says the ammunition short... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bushmeister0/82 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:31:11 The NYT reports:

" . . . Military and private experts said Sunday after reviewing detailed tracking data that showed the missile and payload fell into the sea. Some said the failure undercut the North Korean campaign to come across as a fearsome adversary able hurl deadly warheads halfway around... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bushmeister0/80 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:44:15 Gary Brecher writes for Alternet that aircraft carriers are sitting ducks. "The Chinese military has developed a ballistic missile, Dong Feng 21, specifically designed to kill U.S. aircraft carriers." He cites this sentence from a report by the U.S. Naval Institute:

"Because the missile employs a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bushmeister0/79 Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:43:59 Walter Pincus reports in the WaPo, alleged spy Steve Rosen led the charge against Freeman:

"Only a few Jewish organizations came out publicly against Freeman's appointment, but a handful of pro-Israeli bloggers and employees of other organizations worked behind the scenes to raise concerns with m... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bushmeister0/78 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:10:31 As manufacturing jobs disappear, houses get foreclosed and union jobs go bye-bye, so goes the black middle class. Black union membership went from 31.7 percent in 1983 to 16 percent in 2006. (Blacks in unions make about $2 more than their non-unionized counterparts.)

The Buffalo News:

"The ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bushmeister0/77 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:39:06 (From what I've read he started calling himself "Bobby" at the age of four after watching a Brady Bunch episode.)

I woke up this morning to Juan Williams on NPR gushing about what a "rock star" Jindal was in Louisiana and how successful he's been etc. and how he's the GOP's answer to Obama becaus... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bushmeister0/76 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:24:45 Seriously. How much do the Republicans hate our country?

The Mall has been a national disgrace for decades. As a percentage of the federal budget, $2 mil. is a drop in the bucket to make our National Mall look like something approaching the grandeur we supposedly ascribe to our nation's [b]Capit... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bushmeister0/75 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:10:17 AP:

"'We have 42 hunger strikers,' said Captain Pauline Storum, spokesperson for the facility, who said the figure includes 31 detainees [b]being force-fed[/b] . . .

The feeding process is administered by registered nurses and is conducted in a humane manner focused on the care of the detaine... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bushmeister0/74 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:02:19 AP:

"The Homeland Security Department is reversing itself, saying a new rule requiring high-level approval before federal agents nationwide could arrest fugitive immigrants was lifted weeks after the presidential election.

[b]The unusual directive was originally imposed by the Bush administrat... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bushmeister0/73 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:25:16 sitting there are President.

What a travesty having them there on this day!

The people of the states that have these traitors representing them should be ashamed. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bushmeister0/72 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:17:04 I've had to endure that drunkin' durge twice today before both football games and I'm thinking there are so many other great songs, that are easier to sing, that would be better. (And less militaristic.)

[i]America the Beautiful[/i] comes to mind, or, perhaps, [i]This Land is My Land[/i], for sta... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bushmeister0/71 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:39:58 Ehud Olmert simply declaring a unilateral ceasefire means nothing if no one else is playing along. Sure he gets his "mission accomplished" moment to crow about how successful the whole thing has been and look like the great peace-maker but, besides the outgoing Bush administration (who can be relied... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bushmeister0/70 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:16:11 AP:

"Researchers in Israel from the rights group witnessed hours of artillery bombardments that sent trails of burning smoke indicating white phosphorus over the Jebaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza. But they could not confirm injuries on the ground because they have been barred from entering t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bushmeister0/69 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:07:21 Joe the Bummer reporting from a war says reporters shouldn't be there. "The media should be abolished from it."

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=11490686&ch=4226714&src=news

Apparently, he thinks John Wayne movies in WWII are the only kind of reports that should be c... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bushmeister0/68 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:03:18 NEWSWEEK:

"His lawyers and the Justice Department tell NEWSWEEK that he would like President Bush to commute his sentence to time served—the first time Pollard has submitted such a request. He's already figured out what he plans to do if the president grants his wish. 'Upon his release, he intend... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bushmeister0/67 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:45:05 Just imagine! All the money all of us workers (especially the older ones) have put into the SS fund all our working lives would surely have been lost by all these crooks on Wall Street, by now, meaning tens of millions of baby boomers not only losing their jobs and homes but also their hopes of rece... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bushmeister0/66 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 13:19:26 Here's Neal Conan's introduction to Tuesday's TOTN's discussion about the nastiness of the election. Note how the theme seems to imply 'everyone does it.' That same old NPR equanimity. (You know, don't want to offend anyone.) It never comes up that they wouldn't even be having this discussion if fol... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bushmeister0/65 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:48:30 Seriously. How pathetic?

He hasn't cast a vote in the Senate since April, now all of a sudden he's going to come swooping in, one of a hundred, and solve the problem?

He wants to suspend democracy for this? He's so [i]indespensible[/i]?

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=39... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bushmeister0/64 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:01:08 WSJ's John Fund on "stealing elections."

Who is this John Fund jackass and why is NRP just letting him say Obama supports Acorn and its supposed rampant
voter fraud.

He tells us Acorn is an organization that "laughs" at voting laws and signs up people who aren't legally allowed to vote. Oba... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bushmeister0/63 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:11:28