http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 20 May 2013 03:07:51 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:07:51 Not a fan of Nader since 2000 but this article puts him back up in my book. GREAT essay and LOL lines that ring true. :applause:

from nader.org

In The Public Interest

[b]Institutional Insanity [/b]

By Ralph Nader 12/6/10



If there was a mental health hospital for institutions the... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/wordpix/21 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:09:10 I have this terrible, life-threatening pre-existing condition of acne :sarcasm: which was finally treated and cured by a good dermatologist (as opposed to the not-so-good dermatologists I've seen in the past) several months ago. I just put on a topical ointment and, voila! the acne is gone for good... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/wordpix/20 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:15:50 http://www.grist.org/article/2010-09-16-georgia-farmer-sued-for-growing-too-many-vegetables/

In these times of economic crisis, rising poverty, and diet-related health problems, you'd think local governments would have bigger priorities than counting the number of squash and broccoli plants on pe... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/wordpix/19 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:09:30 Ralph is trying to help us here. Dems need to listen! :eyes: What, me worry?

From: Ralph Nader info@nader.org
To: alerts@lists.nader.org

It is astonishing how many Democrats in the past three months have been making
the worst case scenario for their prospects in the November mid-term
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/wordpix/18 Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:29:08 https://secure.humanesociety.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=4669

http://hsus.typepad.com/wayne/2010/08/bear-baiting.html

These people should be strung up upside down for bear bait, themselves. Disgusting. Please sign the petition and help end this cruel practice.

... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/wordpix/17 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:53:19 While on vacation in another state on Aug. 7, I accidentally found Fox News, which had this story on about a massive fish kill off the Miss. coast:

[b]http://video.foxnews.com/v/4304862/bp-may-drill-again-at-oil-spill-site [/b]

I tried to find more information on better MSM news stations whene... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/wordpix/16 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:51:36
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published: June 20, 2010

This article is by David Barstow, Laura Dodd, James Glanz, Stephanie Saul and Ian Urbina.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/21/us/21blowout.html?pagewanted=1&hp

It was the last line of defense, the final barrier between the rushing volcanic fur... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/wordpix/15 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:18:35 www.nirs.org -
Nuclear Information and Resource Service

SIGN PETITION TO STOP TAXPAYER BAILOUT OF WEALTHY NUCLEAR COMPANIES!

March 2, 2010

Dear Friends,

Here is the next step in our ongoing battle to end a taxpayer bailout of the nuclear power industry and stop President Obama's propos... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/wordpix/14 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:24:25 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04gaxcrVRxY&feature=player_embedded

I am researching the H1N1 vaccine to figure out if I and/or my elderly mother need the vaccine. A friend turned me on to this video. Dr. Horowitz is very convincing... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/wordpix/13 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:53:30 This is a mostly repuke town that used to be mostly Dem. I have been heavily involved in town politics for several years, particularly concerning a public schools improvement project in an environmentally sensitive area. For five years, I wrote and spoke to all the boards and commissions involved ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/wordpix/12 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:39:16 Here's what I saw:

1) Two points of access to the Mall , 9th St. and 18th St. NW, for what appeared to be millions of people. When I was on 9th, there were tens of thousands of people thronging the streets without being able to move, waiting to go through security (I think) toward the Mall. A... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/wordpix/11 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:26:27 [b]WHY IS DHS STARTING CONSTRUCTION AT 5 AM SATURDAY MORNING? [/b] :wtf:

Posted by WORDPIX - Saturday, August 15, 2008

[b]5 AM SATURDAY WAKEUP by DHS CONSTRUCTION CREW LEADS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT DEPARTMENT's MISMANAGEMENT [/b]

:scared:

Having lived in DC for the past week directly ne... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/wordpix/10 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:22:41 the environment. Development is rampant, roads are clogged and full of potholes, public transportation is dismal, there's corruption in every corner from local to regional to state, and state contractors grease the palms of government officials, who do anything to please them. New England MAY ha... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/wordpix/9 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:18:40 ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/wordpix/8 Mon, 07 May 2007 20:09:42 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/washington/29saudi.html?hp

WASHINGTON, April 28 — No foreign diplomat has been closer or had more access to President Bush, his family and his administration than the magnetic and fabulously wealthy Prince Bandar bin Sultan of Saudi Arabia.

Prince Bandar has m... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/wordpix/7 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 14:18:58 on Imus this a.m. (MSNBC). :applause: :bounce:

That's my senator and he is GREAT! Would make a fantastic pres.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/wordpix/6 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:52:10 ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/wordpix/5 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:16:55 So now Chimp's "policy" in Asia is fueling a nuke arms race.

With what troops will Chimp protect Japan? :shrug:

Now that Chimp-in-Chief has bankrupted us and killed off many of our troops needlessly in Iraq, N. Korea and China must be laughing their asses off at Chimp's weak threats.

... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/wordpix/4 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 07:12:13 on Hardball.
Gen. Barry McCaffrey says every time the 600 contracting companies go out, the US military guards them. However, when the private company men make 10x the salary of a soldier, you never know what kind of resentment can be simmering.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/wordpix/3 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:45:30 Reform Institute, Homeland Security Center. This in testimony before Homeland Security Committee, Susan Collins, Chair, on Tuesday. (Seen on CSpan-2)

Prieto cited mismanagement, failed experimentation with data mining, ineffective use of technology, not enough resources for some of 22 department... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/wordpix/2 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 08:10:23 the Pentagon's "Office of Secret Plans" i.e. an official sounding "independent" office that's actually an extension of BushCo? Sounds like it to me and Negroponte is "in" with the cabal. No doubt this new office is gathering "intel" to go to war with Iran next. :eyes:

snip:
But the senior CIA... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/wordpix/1 Fri, 12 May 2006 14:34:45