http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:25:21 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:25:21 Krauthammer actually endorsed John McCain on October 23, 2008, about 10 days before the election. However, he famously penned an OpEd on October 3, 2008 that basically conceded to contest to Obama as not only having run a far better campaign but even as being a reasonable candidate for a liberal. Kr... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/83 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:01:42 [div class="excerpt"][font size=1][link:seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2010126029_krauthammer24.html|From the Seattle Times]

[i]At first, there was little reaction from other media. Then on Thursday, the administration tried to make them complicit in an actual boycott of Fox. Th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/82 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:49:19 In case you didn't already know, Judge Benjamin Settle was a Bush* appointment that received only a 'qualified' rating from the ABA, vs the highest rating of 'well qualified' or the lowest of 'not qualified.' Quelle surprise...


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[b]State appeals decision blocking release o... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/81 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:15:05 What if?

Assumption:

We live in a global economy.

Since this perspective is universally viewed, and because the need for a solution is pressing, defense for this assumption must be postponed. Thus, if a reader disagrees with the assumption, the remaining argument fails to take the initial p... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/80 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:22:17 I was reading the [link:www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxl-ePIiL3U&feature=user|news] about about how the [link:www.nypost.com/seven/03242008/frontback.htm|news] isn't reporting [link:www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/23/AR2008032300339.html|news] about Iraq.

It's no wonder. After th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/79 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:09:33 For anyone with access to electronic information (that's you and me), the world can change very quickly based on instant information. This isn't new - it started with the radio. But that was just a hundred years ago.

Long, long ago, it used to be that all information was shared in oral discourse.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/78 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:31:42 If there is one thing that never changes, it is reality. The Reality Based Majority that won the US Congress for the Democrats in 2006 was an educated bloc of voters that could see the reality of the Iraq War and its consequences on the US and could easily match reality to the politicians that told ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/77 Fri, 25 May 2007 22:18:55 In 06, I donated quite a bit to the Democrats, every time with the caveat that, if they win, they'll stop the war and control Bush.

It only took me 20 seconds to say, "I told you in 06 you had my support so you would stop Bush and end this war. Now, the Democrats have caved to Bush the Lesser an... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/76 Tue, 22 May 2007 18:12:12 What Cindy and her supporters did for Americans and soldiers today helped me realize something that had been hidden beneath a Rovian veneer and seems all to familiar.

Bush is pushing for an acceleration in the War. Why? Politics: it's the only reason Bush has ever made a decision. Otherwise, h... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/75 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:03:44 An unusual alignment of the political stars has left supporters of Democrats dazed in their enormous victory - and changes. As the dust clears and reality sets in, we are overwhelmed by the many differences that we have yet to realize.

In the background of this election season, a monumental shift... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/74 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 06:52:32 http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/middle_east_saddam_in_dujail/img/5.jpg
June 1982 - Saddam questioning a suspect immediately after a failed assassination attempt in Dujail. 150 people were sentenced to death and executed, which has now been declared retaliation and a crim... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/73 Mon, 06 Nov 2006 05:42:08 The knee jerk reactions are all stepping up to the plate in response to Haggard's resignation from the National Association of Evangelicals.

"Homosexual activity, like adulterous relationships, is clearly condemned in the Scriptures," the evangelicals association says on its Web site. The Bible ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/72 Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:52:14 [link:www.hbo.com/scripts/video/vidplayer_set.html?movie=/av/documentaries/hacking/hacking_democ+section=documentaries+num=1161979402369+title=HBO%20Documentaries:%20Hacking%20Democracy+tunein=|Video Preview]

Hacking Democracy

This cautionary documentary exposes the vulnerability of computers ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/71 Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:07:51 [b]McGavick criticizes Bush over Iraq war[/b]
[i]Distancing himself from the president, the latest TV ad by the Republican candidate for the Senate is critical of the progress in Iraq.

By Matthew Daly
Associated Press [/i]

WASHINGTON - Washington state's Republican U.S. Senate candidate, Mik... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/70 Thu, 02 Nov 2006 05:36:18 No matter what happens next Tuesday, Karl Rove will go down in history as a master of distraction.

Every time a major story breaks, and often before it even happens, the White House issues an off-topic issue as a distraction.

The signs of this are pretty clear. First, you must have a major pr... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/68 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 04:59:58 In spite of clear signs to the contrary, the Republicans have a good chance of retaining complete control of the government in the 06 election.

The stakes could not be higher.

George Bush's legacy rides on this election. If he wins, he will retire [b]undefeated [/b]and cast as the most succes... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/67 Sun, 29 Oct 2006 02:17:49 Preliminary time line:

[li]GOP learns of damaging conduct of a Republican Senator - 5 years ago
[li]Bush slips dramatically in polls - 18 months ago
[li]Woodward notifies WH he's writing this damaging book - months ago
[li]ABC produces a 9/11 memorial with a fictitious slant against Clinton - ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/66 Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:37:13 Today's stunning legislation will go down in history as a turning point for the Republican Party. Every Democrat considering a run for President voted against it. Why? Because they want to be able to say "America doesn't endorse terrorism. We will reverse this policy." They're hoping that will b... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/65 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 03:41:36 Bush has told us before what he thinks of bin laden:

[link:www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020313-8.html|link]

"Q But don't you believe that the threat that bin Laden posed won't truly be eliminated until he is found either dead or alive?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, as I say, we hav... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/64 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:04:25 I've received a big bundle of college aid from both public and private sources. I can't imagine that a terrorist is going to think this is a good way to easy money!!! Sneak into America, get an ID and apply for student aid. You'll get it, no questions asked.

Even if they did manage to take this ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/63 Fri, 01 Sep 2006 06:44:26 In the US, women and men have the option to voluntarily serve in the military from age 18 and be compensated. There are very few exceptions, most having to do with illness and criminal behavior. But the exception that prevents a person from joining because of their private behavior is an infringem... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/62 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 03:00:19 [link:www.nytimes.com/2006/08/09/washington/09cnd-senate.htm|New York Times]

Cheney's words are as damaging as they can possibly be to all Democrats without compromising his calm/assertive leader persona.

I despise his motives, intentions, and actions, but I really admire his ability to contro... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/61 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:04:44 Since the US and Britain invaded Iraq unprovoked, at least 30,240 bodies have been brought to the Baghdad morgue, the vast majority of them shot by gunmen never prosecuted. In May 2006 alone, the deadliest month so far, 1,398 bodies were brought to the central morgue, according to Ministry of Health... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/60 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 02:18:23 Nixon and Gore both lost controversial elections in razor-thin defeats. Both conceded defeat and publicly refused to contest the election in order to prevent a "constitutional crisis."

Nixon and Gore both avoided leading the country during the onset of a war of agression by the US into an impovr... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/59 Sat, 03 Jun 2006 06:44:26 Fascism takes a long time to affect it's primary citizens. I expect the next 10 years to be fine, though persistent deterioration internationally will continue. If the trend is not stopped before then, at some point America will stop being a place anyone wants to go to or do business with. We will s... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/58 Sat, 03 Jun 2006 04:09:52