http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:25:31 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:25:31 Ten years ago I sat with friends in the Spring of 2001. Since Bush had taken over and the economy had tanked, things were getting worse quickly. The old Millennium had gone out with a bang. At that time I was saying things like, "Ten years ago, people told us we couldn't get rid of our deficit. But,... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/90 Mon, 02 May 2011 03:55:23 (After being informed that the call was being recorded and screened, I interrupted her prepared script to spare her, and myself, the time.)

Forgive me for interrupting your script, but let's get to the point. I've given heartily to you for the past several election cycles. But things have changed... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/89 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 05:12:17 Source: [b]KOMO News (Seattle, WA)[/b]

REDMOND, Wash -- The man who wrote a book called "Drugstore Cowboy" is now accused of being a drugstore cowboy.

Redmond police say Jim Fogle and another man were caught in the act after tying up pharmacy workers and trying to make their getaway.

Jim Fogl... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/88 Wed, 26 May 2010 22:00:41 Will the 2010 Election become popcorn time on the internet for Democrats?

The Teabaggers (aka Teabag Party, Tea Party, Teabag Movement) was created [b]completely[/b] by the Republic Party. It started with Sarah Palin, who quit her brief job as Governor of oil rich Alaska to harness the social con... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/87 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:16:50 In my view, one of the biggest problems with the US Congress in 2010 is the recalcitrant minority.

In the past 3 years, Americans have given a clear mandate via elections, not for a political party, but for relevant issues that need to be addressed. A few of these can be acknowledged by the vast ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/86 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:57:12 [link:abcnews.go.com/Blotter/men-believed-northwest-airlines-plot-set-free/story?id=9434065|Former Guantanamo Prisoners Believed Behind Northwest Airlines Bomb Plot; Sent to Saudi Arabia in 2007]

Let me say first that I always keep my eye out for military psy-ops in our own media. It would not su... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/85 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:47:23 The final markup of the Senate bill for Healthcare Reform descended the week before Christmas. If you don't want people to pay attention, it's a great day to do it. Only one milestone of change remains: Conference Committee. We know that it's the Public Option from the House Bill whose life we are f... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/keopeli/84 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:19:21 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