kay1864's Journal - Democratic Underground http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fri, 24 May 2013 06:40:58 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:40:58 Fla. man says Home Depot fired him over God button [div class="excerpt"] By Brian Skoloff, Associated Press Writer – Wed Oct 28, 8:35 am ET

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A former cashier for The Home Depot who has been wearing a "One nation under God" button on his work apron for more than a year has been fired, he says because of the religious refere... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kay1864/18 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:34:16 "I saw a Palin 2012 bumper sticker today, and wondered if the owner was a Republican or a Democrat" Post I saw just now on PoliticalWire. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kay1864/17 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:09:03 Hey, can we rename the Anchorage airport now? If I ever vacation in Alaska again, I don't want to fly into :puke: Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.

Name it after Tom Bodett, or Mike Gravel, or even Jewel. Hell, I'd even settle for Palin airport. At least then I could have a good laugh. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kay1864/16 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:22:43 Just in case you forgot...the George W. Bush Sewage Plant is ON THE BALLOT! in San Francisco, that is. It's called Proposition R.

(kinda apropos--reminds me of "Plan R" in Dr. Strangelove. Satire, meet satire.)

Another reason to look forward to Nov 4!

:bounce:

http://www.newson6.com/global/story.asp?s=9237729

I looked at the SF voter guide online, and here's ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kay1864/15 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:56:47 On Election Night, what's the earliest they could call it for Obama? I got curious, so I did the math. [i]Math[/i], folks. Excel spreadsheet and everything. So it's official. :snarf:

I looked up the state-by-state closing times, and adjusted for time zones, and totaled the Likely and Possible totals for each hour. The result?

No way they can call it before 9pm ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kay1864/14 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:30:47 Next Jan. 20, you'll have to cover yourself with a tarp. I just realized that thousands of Freepers' heads will be exploding when they hear:

"I, Barack [b]Hussein[/b] Obama, do solemnly swear..."



It's gonna get [i]messy[/i], folks.

Be prepared.





:rofl:


... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kay1864/13 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:25:18 Cool! For once, AP *corrects* Palin's lies IN ITS OWN STORY [div class="excerpt"]<snip> Campaigning on her own, the Alaska governor also said Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama "wants to raise income taxes and raise payroll taxes and raise investment income taxes and raise business taxes and raise the death tax."

"But John McCain and I know th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kay1864/12 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:03:47 Rasmussen *distortion* about Palin vs Obama and McCain The Lead-in: [b]Poll: Palin more popular than Obama or McCain[/b]

The Headline: [b]Palin Power: Fresh Face Now More Popular Than Obama, McCain [/b]

The Lead Paragraph: Now, following a Vice Presidential acceptance speech viewed live by more than 40 million people, [b]Palin is viewed favorably ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kay1864/11 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:19:48 "It got to the point where they used the beach condo so much I couldn't get in. So I bought another" ...Cindy McCain--demonstrating how she's in touch with everyday Americans--explaining why she spent [b]$4.7 million on two beachfront condos [/b]in an exclusive building in Coronado, Calif., an affluent San Diego suburb.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12700.html


And yes, these are... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kay1864/10 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:31:54 BREAKING: Moviegoers buying "The Dark Knight" tickets because Patrick Leahy's in it! You can't make this stuff up...

[div class="excerpt"][b]Dr. Coburn is threatened with censure [/b]

Sen. Tom Coburn’s (R-Okla.) office hit back Monday at new attempts to prevent him from delivering babies for free, arguing the Ethics panel might as well investigate Sen. Patrick Leahy’s (D-Vt.) ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kay1864/9 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:08:14 OK, another McCain staff shakeup...but now they DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO'S IN CHARGE! [div class="excerpt"]
[b][font size=3]Schmidt takes control of day-to-day operation [/b][/font]
[font size=1]Jonathan Martin
Wed Jul 2, 11:33 AM ET[/font]

Steve Schmidt is taking over the day-to-day operation of John McCain’s campaign, according to multiple campaign sources.

At a staff m... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kay1864/8 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:29:51 Obama's TOP FOUR VP choices (the Completely Unofficial but Mathematically Exciting version) 1. Sen. Jim Webb
2. Gov. Bill Richardson
3. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius
4. Sen. Joe Biden

This time I actually used three sources, not just one like last time. Mark Nickolas, the blogger from last time, has updated his predictions with version 5.0. In addition, I found two recent "top 10" lists. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kay1864/7 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:20:44 Washington Post: "It ain't gonna get better. Not this summer. Not this fall. Not even next winter." Thanks Republicans, for that Enron loophole and for subprime mortgages! Great job!

[div class="excerpt"][font size=4][b]This Recession, It's Just Beginning[/b][/font]
[font size=1]By Steven Pearlstein
Friday, June 27, 2008; Page D01 [/font]

So much for that second-half rebound. Truth be tol... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kay1864/6 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:34:22 Would the Chimp indeed be arrested if he set foot in a foreign country? For sake of argument, let's assume [link:www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3516983 |this post] is correct, and the Chimp lands in Nice or Barcelona next March, not knowing there's an arrest warrant waiting for him for war crimes. Or arrogantly not ca... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kay1864/5 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:42:29 And the score today is Obama 27%, McCain 74%! Woo-hoo! And you're asking yourself :wtf:



The score above is the percent of "undecided" electoral votes needed by Obama vs McCain to win.

Per www.electoral-vote.com, Obama is winning 228 electoral votes, and McCain 156.

(don't fool yourself into believing the score is Obama 317 McCain 194. The ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kay1864/4 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:13:20 "Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas also dissented" (along with John Roberts, of course)

Color me suprised!

:sarcasm:


[b]Supreme Court backs Guantanamo detainees[/b]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3349314... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kay1864/3 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:54:29 We have simply GOT to stop all this enemy-emboldening! [b]Gates says Iraq resolution 'emboldens' enemy[/b]

I mean, they might start bombing our soldiers or something.

And we certainly can't let the American people's opinion be heard via a Congressional resolution or anything. It might upset Chimpy.

Sheesh. Waytogo, General Puppet.

/rant... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kay1864/2 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:48:10 Does South Dakota law call for a special election, or not? [div class="excerpt"]A provision in state law calls for a special election when a U.S. Senate seat is vacant, but Secretary of State Chris Nelson said it would not apply because Johnson's term ends after the next general election.

"If there's a vacancy, the governor appoints a replacement who ser... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kay1864/1 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:33:23