http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:15:48 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:15:48 what issues are you discussing that caused her to say that? What is she trying to prove? That she doesn't need unions or minimum wage laws?

But without unions or regulations, then what is to prevent employers from paying as little as possible and working you as hard as possible? Why not pay $1 ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/116 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:03:13 Pets are like babies that way, you get to pet them and hold them. With older children and adults there is much less contact, unless you crash into them. Most people you cannot hug and caress the way you can a pet. With a pet you can freely share affection and contact without any of the awkwardness o... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/115 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:46:18 I do believe, however, in "innocent until proven guilty" and think that it does our cause harm, and is an insult to real discrimination, to fling out unsubstantiated accusations with very little to back them up. Somebody with a racist sign, is clearly racist, although it is not always clear what is ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/114 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:16:15 Pooh, although he IS a bear of very little brain, is also quite genuinely genial and sometimes even thoughtful and profound. (See, for example "The Tao of Pooh"). It was Rabbit who concocted a plan to get Tigger lost in the Forest so he could be humbled and 'unbounced'. It was Rabbit who concocted a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/113 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:53:19 So I am doing family history 'research' and I happen upon this guy

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=knotmyline&id=I17552

Franklin Delano Butler.

Since he was born in the 40s, you'd think he was named after the Greatest President Ever.

But no, this guy was born in... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/112 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:20:06 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4926451

I am waiting to pull it out when the M$M says "Sotomayor confirmed after contentious vote" when the vote is 72-28. Just like they turned Bush's 78-22 into "overwhelming support" I am betting that they will co... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/111 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:40:53 You know what, sometimes I screw up. I forget to empty trash cans. It's kinda funny then how co-workers and customers react. "I am not gonna do that guy's job for him" (translation, he gets no help from me even when he needs it). My job, you see, is apparently beneath them. They cannot be taken upon... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/110 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:16:43 I have spent most of my working life in the bottom quintile and even though I sing along with Queen's 'Keep yourself alive' I pretty much take survival for granted. I think most people do. "Just been trying to survive" is nonsense for most of America, has been for about a hundred years. In 1951, a d... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/109 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:57:26 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKaQzQAlNn4

the show doesn't have to go on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtAlzo_pqys&NR=1

not even if the Queen declares it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ADh8Fs3YdU

So ya thought ya might like to goto the show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkdp9Qx... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/107 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:32:34 and as for Reaganites. In my guts I know they're nuts.

"The biggest war on poverty was the economic boom started by Reagan"

Right. So the fact that the poverty rate was 15% in 1964 but only 9.7% in 1969 means the war on poverty was a failure. And the other fact that the poverty rate was 10.3% ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/106 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:09:51 You make is sound like somebody only gets one of those loans once every five years or something, but that's ridiculous. Many of the people I know who run behind on their money are always running behind. They get paid on Friday and have no money left by Monday, and they do that every payday.

Peopl... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/105 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:56:51 with Bush in charge we always knew what to do, and what to think. What to think was "Bush sucks!!!" and what to do was to rail at the M$M for enabling him and to rail at Congress for not standing up to him and to rail at the FReepers for being ignorant sheeple.

Now we do not have that kneejerk op... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/104 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:31:25 in 2001 tax rates for singles were
15% on first $27,050
27.5% up to $65,550
30.5% up to $136,750
35.5% up to $297,350
39.1% for the rest

for married
15% on first $45,200
27.5% up to $109,250
30.5% up to $166,500
35.5% up to $297,350
39.1% for the rest


in 2008 tax rates for singles ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/103 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:37:03 IRA contributions can be deducted from your income (with certain limitations) on line 32 of the 1040. There also is a Retirement savings contribution credit on line 51 where the government will pay 50 cents or 20 cents or 10 cents on the dollar up to $1,000 for certain income levels (for poorer peop... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/102 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:23:50 Governor Jindal says that the Republican Party has lost the trust of the American people and is determined to regain it. That's great news, but if I might suggest a first step towards regaining that trust - STOP LYING.

In that regard, Jindal's speech is not a good first step. Let me just look at... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/101 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:51:07 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090210/ap_on_go_pr_wh/fact_check_obama

Theme to this story - Obama is a liar.

My memory may be faulty, but I cannot remember them doing this when Bush was going around telling lies about his tax cuts in 2000, 2001, and 2003. Back then, only Krugman was doing this w... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/100 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:31:46 I have been hearing on the news that Congressional Republicans are all from safe districts and so they can feel safe in opposing Obama. That didn't ring true to me, so I did some checking to see who might be vulnerable and how vulnerable they are. Of course, there are also Congressional Democrats wi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/99 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:41:15 http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press_archive?month=01&year=2009&base_name=the_posts_jihad_against_social

"Another day, it's another front page article in the Washington Post about the budget deficit. The Post has apparently not yet heard about the economic downturn that has the rest ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/98 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:09:53 It does not actually change policy, but it sends a message in the eyes of many. A message from Obama that says "fundamentalist Christians are more important to me than GLBT are." That's what his cabinet picks have been saying too - "Wall Street and the corporate world are more important to me than ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/97 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:29:09 here's the SAUS online
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/

from table 460, I get total social expenditures 1,592.7 billion
broken down

social security payments - 457.7
disability - 91.2
railroad retirement - 5.6
military retirement - 41.1
civil service retirement - 54.8
veterans ben... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/95 Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:12:39 Our only job is to cheer?

Presumably we are progressives and we have certain progressive goals and things we would like to see accomplished. We try to lobby our Democratic representatives to represent US. Our desires and wishes rather than the wishes of some cabal of Wall Street CEOs or Washingto... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/93 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:15:55 and I would use the word "taking" rather than "making". I think many rich people merely confiscate wealth more than they create it or earn it. Thus a higher tax rate is kinda nice because the public confiscates it right back thus creating a disincentive for the original thievery.

Republicans love... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/92 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:42:02 Bush promised to 'reform' social security - by killing it.

He promised to 'reform' the tax code. In other words, take away its progressivity and call that 'reform'.

It's pure marketing. Take a policy which benefits rich people or corporations and sell it to the idiot masses by calling it 'refo... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/91 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:57:49 "Two weeks ago, our Republican friends tried to walk and talk a lot like us.

But let's be honest, we may be near Hollywood, but not since Tom Hanks won an Oscar has there been that much acting in Philadelphia.

I am glad the GOP has changed their rhetoric but I wish they would also change the... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/90 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:50:59 "They see Democrats and Republicans fighting each other instead of fighting for the American people"

Except that is how elected Democrats fight for the American people - BY FIGHTING AGAINST REPUBLICAN POLICIES. Republican policies which are harmful to the American people.

For example, from my ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/89 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:05:04