http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:13:09 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:13:09
Considering the opposition, at least as it now stands:

Michelle Bachmann - a looney tunes who rewrites history

Rick Perry - a W political clone who's also a secessionist

Mitt Romney - corporate shill, flip-flopper

and if Ron Paul gets into the race, we've got the Pretty Boy Floyd of Po... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/garthranzz/110 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:24:26 (Not sure if this is on youtube, or how to post it properly. Admins, feel free to correct.)

http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/08/09/7318163-this-was-not-a-both-sides-kind-of-thing

Brilliant, as always. (The "other side" is the Democrats, of course.)

Her concluding statement: And th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/garthranzz/109 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:41:29
Feudal brutality by the media overlords and robber oil barons.

Camelot was and always is an illusion. The light flickers and the wind is not fanning the flames but blowing it out.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/garthranzz/108 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:15:44 I am NOT posting to start a discussion or a flame war. If you have insight into Obama's speech or, more particularly, the Obama - Netanyahu exchange AND you are uncomfortable with the media portrayal of Obama's position, or the exchange itself, please contact me privately. I have some urgent questio... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/garthranzz/107 Fri, 20 May 2011 18:47:33 The Civil War started 150 years ago today. The racists and plantation owners, now calling themselves "tea partiers" and Republicans, are still trying to rule by fear, enslave others and destroy the union.

Lincoln was not much of a success the first two years, learning on the job, making lots of m... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/garthranzz/106 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:30:54
Of course, this was two centuries ago, but still, since we're on the finger count - and since the anointment of 2000, less than a handful - any right decision should be noted.

Mar 9, 1841: The Supreme Court ruled that the Amistad slaves were free.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/garthranzz/105 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:40:29
The Constitution went into effect on March 4, 1789. Its withstood slavery and secession, ignorance, subversion (see elections 2000 and 2004), misinterpretation (see Boehner, Declaration and SCOTUS, "free speech" et. al.)

It's what Presidents swear to protect and defend.

I intend to re-read i... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/garthranzz/104 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 01:09:05
One of the conservative screeds has been that the liberals/progressives/Democrats have not been protesting the TSA (I've got the real meaning of the acronym) peep & grope show. Y'know, like, if this had happened under bush "they'd" be screaming bloody murder. Or, this is so different than the Patr... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/garthranzz/103 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:18:01

Nov 4, 2008: Democratic senator Barack Obama wins the presidential election against Sen. John McCain, taking 338 electoral votes to McCain's 161. Obama makes history as the first African American U.S. president.

(Some things cannot be reversed.)... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/garthranzz/102 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:54:50
Delivered, at random, to my google home page:

The two symbols of the Republican Party: an elephant, and a big fat white guy who is threatened by change.
- Seth MacFarlane... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/garthranzz/101 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:20:30
heckofajob... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/garthranzz/100 Wed, 03 Nov 2010 00:06:04 The Republican House of Representative - the best house money and lies can buy. Normally you take the trash out of the house. Tonight, it was brought in.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/garthranzz/99 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 23:23:50 Speaker of the House John Boehner to-be held up his pocket copy of the Constitution, pledging to "stand here with our Founding Fathers, who wrote in the pre-amble: 'We hold these truths to be self evident ..." (One year ago, Nov 2009)

Remember, Republicans increase deficits, Democrats reduce them... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/garthranzz/98 Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:43:28

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/2010_elections/index.html?story=/tech/htww/2010/07/28/lyndon_johnsons_tea_party

From the article on salon.com, which talks about the backlash to LBJ's civil rights legislation and medicare:

The backlash against the Great Society did not immediately threat... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/garthranzz/97 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:36:25
Given their willful distortions. This also applies to Fake News and that ilk:

An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it.
- Jef Mallett... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/garthranzz/96 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:02:36
http://imgsrv.gocomics.com/dim/?fh=fa9f340edc7cbfb32febc544abf4623d

If only journalists would be - journalists!... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/garthranzz/95 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:53:12 I figured out how to do a video (from youtube). What about a cartoon/comic strip, one of scanned?... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/garthranzz/94 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:53:32
We all know, or should, that as long as Scalia or Thomas sits on the bench, the SC is as illegitimate as the 8 Bush years. That said, what is needed to change the composition?

Chief Justice John Glover Roberts, Jr. is 55 (DOB: 27 January, 1955).
Justice John Paul Stevens is 89 (DOB: 20 April... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/garthranzz/93 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:59:23

My Bonnie lies out in the ocean
My Bonnie is now in the Gulf
My Bonnie destroyed the oil rig
and showed what Jindal was worth.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/garthranzz/92 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:52:06
In a discussion today about solar vs. oil, someone argued that Big Oil is "subsidized" by the government. Someone else said no, that the tax credits/reductions/whatever for drilling/exploration are different. Subsidies you get regardless, tax deductions is only what you would have paid had you mad... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/garthranzz/91 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:14:29
Politifact.com runs a feature called the "truth-o-meter," like factcheck.org. It tracks public figures and has a system from "true" (which may be qualified) to "pants on fire". There's a special scorecard for Obama. You can check out full details at the website. Below is a listing. His record see... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/garthranzz/90 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:45:26
Before worrying about the debt, let's see how much revenue ending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy brings in. First, let's worry about the unemployed and getting people back to work. The best way to pay off the debt is to generate income - and the best way to generate income is to help people get... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/garthranzz/89 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:11:33
(This may start a flamewar here. So be it. Let Rubashkin serve a sentence comparable to others (see below). He is being scapegoated and the only apparent reason is that he's a Chassidic Jew.)

RABBINICAL LEADERS SHOCKED AT LIFE SENTENCE REQUEST FOR RUBASHKIN
Jewish Leaders Urge Community Mem... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/garthranzz/88 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:53:14
I need to contact someone like Rachel Maddow or a 60 Minutes person, on a time-sensitive matter. If any one has a contact or suggestions, please email me privately. Thanks.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/garthranzz/87 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:43:45

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-need-for-open-process

When President Barack Obama promised change, he put two kinds on the agenda. The first was substantive change: reforms to key sectors of the economy, such as health care, climate change, financial markets and arms proc... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/garthranzz/86 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:45:58