http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 23 May 2013 06:32:29 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:32:29 There is now a new story that the right wing is pushing about how Gwen Ifill, the moderator for the one and only Vice Presidential debate, is biased for Obama. Their reason for this is because she's apparently publishing a book in January 2009 that analyzes the new black political movement, which in... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/eshfemme/11 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:56:54 Where the FUCK does he even go in the 4 year interim between presidential elections? The only thing I hate about third parties is how incompetent they can be-- Nader, especially. The third parties don't generally try to work from the bottom up in terms of getting elected-- they all just keep aiming ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/eshfemme/10 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:59:57 Even if the MSM and everyone else decrees that Joe lost or was sexist or whatever BS the Republicans come up with, it is still unquestionable that Joe is qualified to be President and thus, is a great VP. The traditional thinking of "You're voting for the top of the ticket" fits here too because Oba... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/eshfemme/9 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:44:24 There's a difference there. Just like racism could be popular amongst certain neighborhoods but it doesn't mean that all residents in those neighborhoods are necessarily racists.

Also, there are of course "welfare states" in the lower 48. An interesting note though that most of the states who rec... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/eshfemme/8 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:58:05 It's mostly on the sly and not really being publicized but it is, in essence, the very policy that the Net Neutrality movement is fighting against that the companies are going ahead on their own and instituting. Comcast is one of the first companies to be doing this for certain. I don't know if it's... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/eshfemme/6 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:34:52 in an ambiguous situation as the video posted of a police incident with a protester at the DNC was obviously edited for the protester. I don't want to go into too much but it was arguable that the police officer had a reason for pushing the protester back (the amount of force used was arguable adequ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/eshfemme/5 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:52:31 I don't think I will ever remember that day in its entirety-- it will forever be a day that I remember in flashes and glimpses that emerge out of a forgotten numbness. Every emotion was suffocated on that day-- I remember people still showing emotion but something in the atmosphere, just the outrigh... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/eshfemme/4 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:26:10 I don't even know how "spin" just replaced the usage of the word lie-- but somehow, Obama using it seems to have let the media realize, "Hey, we can use that as a word to describe what's going on!" And seriously, they don't even need to worry about libel or slander lawsuits because a) they are talki... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/eshfemme/3 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:13:16 I hate that it's like a badge of honor being a "victim of 9/11" for the GOP.

I have a pretty good visual memory that usually serves me well but in this case, it just makes it worse. Because I can compare my own memories to the images that they keep playing and the political connotations they ass... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/eshfemme/2 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:11:33 As a New Yorker, I thought I was already numb to the political exploitation of 9/11 but this video "tribute" enraged me to the point of actual tears. Yes, I perfectly well remember when the planes hit, when the towers fell, when we heard that the Pentagon got hit too and the next day when the smoke ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/eshfemme/1 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:32:20