http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 20 May 2013 12:47:25 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:47:25 They have recognized they have been fucked and are figuring out how to secure their own future against the resurgence of robber barony.

I stand in awe of the accomplishments over these last 3 weeks.

I stand in awe of the inclusiveness of the 99% movement.

I stand in awe that their grave per... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hootinholler/73 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:35:11 This will take much more coordination than I can supply, but I got the notion that anything we can do to support a constant presence by encampment and a thorn in the side of the crusters in financial districts across the nation, that it would be way cool. It starts in NYC.

I think there are enoug... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hootinholler/72 Sun, 18 Sep 2011 22:01:11 [link:www.americanselect.org/|Americans Elect] asks the question on their website. They are claiming to run a directly nominated third candidate in the 2012 contest. A slick website promising a populist movement.

Well it's bullshit. Granted it's some really high grade bullshit, the kind you let s... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hootinholler/70 Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:35:59 They call themselves [link:www.americanselect.org/about|Americans Elect]:

[div class='excerpt']Americans Elect is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that is funded by individual contributions. We were founded by citizens from across the political spectrum who are worried that political divisio... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hootinholler/69 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 10:49:04 Everyone thinks it's a great idea.

When [link:www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1648081|I say it, not so much].

:rofl:

-Hoot... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hootinholler/68 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 21:16:01 I just saw the [link:www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/02/matt-damon-rips-debt-deal_n_916618.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003|video] linked in cal04's [link:www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1646938|thread].

I'm thinking he would be a great spokesman for the res... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hootinholler/71 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:13:15 and shit brimstone.

Before you cut one thin dime from Grandma, I want $10 from Wall St. and $20 from the Pentagon/CIA.

The same for the next fucking dime.

I for one am tired of this shit.

-Holler... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hootinholler/67 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:09:42 Or do I have that backwards?

:shrug:

-Holler... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hootinholler/66 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:09:52 [div class='excerpt'] It's a hoary bureaucratic trick, making a controversial announcement on the Friday afternoon before a long weekend, when most people are daydreaming about what beer to buy on the way home from work, or are checking movie times online. But that's precisely what the US Department... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hootinholler/65 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:28:05 [link:www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/06/21-12|From:]
[div class='excerpt']WASHINGTON - June 21 - Today, Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) launched the Campaign to End Corporate Rule. Its mission states:

The Campaign to End Corporate Rule exists to influence budget debates, election outc... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hootinholler/64 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:50:34 I'm thinking I give them my name and go to jail for refusing a search.

[link:motherjones.com/mojo/2011/06/tsa-swarms-8000-bus-stations-public-transit-systems-yearly|"I do not consent to any warrantless search. Am I free to go?"]

[div class='excerpt']Think you could avoid the TSA's body scanner... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hootinholler/63 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:33:53 I was raised to be conservative and grew up in SW Pa. I turned 12 about the time the effects of the Clean Water Act were starting to kick in.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Pittsburgh_-_Three_Rivers_from_Duquesne_Heights_%281968%29.jpg/800px-Pittsburgh_-_Three_Rivers_fr... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hootinholler/62 Sat, 14 May 2011 15:04:01 Sorry I didn't find it in a cursory search.

Is the subject of [link:www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1063501|this thread] planting a seed of history modification?

Please let it be that we are at least looking a little sideways if not back.

-Hoot... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hootinholler/61 Sun, 08 May 2011 16:12:58 An old saying which means about the same as pissing in the wind, which is what I may be doing here, but bear with me a moment while I preach to the choir so I can gather my thoughts.

There is so much to be done on so many fronts, it's hard to track, but since we seem to be in the midst of the per... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hootinholler/60 Sat, 05 Mar 2011 11:11:38 The foci of the foundation will be Persona Verification, the detection of simulated persona in cyberspace and lobbying to make the practice illegal with civil penalties payable to those who have to wade through it. I'm thinking similar to the Can-Spam Act.

As our language processing capabilities ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hootinholler/59 Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:01:24 Dear President Obama,

As you ponder the content of your State Of The Union speech, would you please do us all a favor and reflect back on the path that got you where you are?

Please think back to the days when you were working with the church ladies and the issues that really made their lives ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hootinholler/58 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:38:40 Yes, he is who pulled the trigger so many times. He committed the crime in front of so many witnesses. He should be prosecuted for that, but he was not alone. His accomplices may not have been on his shoulder whispering in his ear, his accomplices never met him, but the echoes of invoking a violent ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hootinholler/57 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:31:29 Can we wait to get the facts of who the shooter was and his motives, before we have a lynching?

This is a despicable act, and we all have suspicions and not without good reason, I just would rather we act thoughtfully rather than emotionally.

-Hoot... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hootinholler/56 Sat, 08 Jan 2011 14:20:50
H/T to HissySpit for the [link:www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x96288|thread], and to [link:www.alternet.org/story/149369/8_smears_and_misconceptions_about_wikileaks_spread_by_the_media|Julianne Escobedo Shepherd and Tana Ganeva] for possibly coining it thu... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hootinholler/55 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:30:25 Mother Earth cradle us to your breast and sustain us. Grant us the power to sustain you.

Father Sky watch over our safety and guide us to act honorably.

My hope is that tonight is a turning point for our society and my own life.

My hope is that our society will remember we live in the hear... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hootinholler/54 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:06:45 We have a thread nearly at the top of the greatest page thanking an Independent/Socialist for vigorously defending what once was a traditional Democratic position in the face of the party leader's abandonment of that very position?

I am seriously baffled by this. The leadership's move is so 'in y... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hootinholler/53 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 15:20:34 So I was lamenting about the Gulf and stuff, surfing FB and a fellow DUer had posted [link:www.lolcatbible.com/index.php?title=Genesis_1|this]
[div class="excerpt"]1 Oh hai. In teh beginnin Ceiling Cat maded teh skiez An da Urfs, but he did not eated dem.

2 Da Urfs no had shapez An haded dark f... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hootinholler/52 Fri, 14 May 2010 21:24:15 They are painting the image of the stoic miner's wife and family. "The way of life in a mining town."

I submit this is wrong on so many levels. Loss of life and essentially being slave labor led to the organization of mine workers.

A union shop would not have let conditions deteriorate, as ev... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hootinholler/51 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:06:53 Is that this seems to be SOP. This is a routine engagement, polished even. How many others are there?

There's no real good look at any weaponry and a camera is taken for an RPG luancher at least once. How many other engagements used the same standards of threat identification?

-Hoot... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hootinholler/50 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:04:06 What a bold adventure today! I was Ill all last week, having gone to the Dr with swollen glands, high fever Last Thursday, sent home with a script for anitbiotics. When Monday rolled around I went back to my quack to bitch about my lack of health, not being able to swallow, gagging on a fucking milk... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hootinholler/49 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:19:41