Immigration and Me
Flash backwards 90 years. It's as easy as looking at the picture of my great-grandparents, Oscar and Fannie, who immigrated from Russia before the Bolshevik Revolution. He's young, perhaps 22, standing...
View ArticleInland Empire Democrats
I just moved to Fontana, California, and registered to vote. However, I don't know anything about the candidates or politics in this area. I'm getting campaign literature and pre-recorded phone calls,...
View ArticleMy Favorite Hearings - With Poll
Sung to the tune of "My Favorite Things." Intelligence "failures" and war profiteering FEMA responses and bad engineering Fly by night exiles who do their own thing This is why I'm gonna watch the...
View ArticleHow Do You Know You've Lost The War?
I just heard from a twenty-eight percent type arguing that the war in Iraq can be won. Obviously, this isn't possible, so I put together a simple list of reasons why the war can't be won.How do you...
View ArticleDes Moines Register, Boston Globe Pick McCain, Change Paradigm (Updated!)
From the Des Moines Register:Yet, for all their accomplishments on smaller stages, none can offer the tested leadership, in matters foreign and domestic, of Sen. John McCain of Arizona. McCain is most...
View ArticleDHS To Purchase Torture Bracelets? (Updated)
According to the Washington Times, a senior DHS official has expressed interest in a "safety braclet" that could:• take the place of an airline boarding pass• contain personal information about the...
View ArticleThe Bible According to John McCain
1: Let not your heart be troubled; as you believe in George, believe also in me.2: My spouse has many mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you. 3: My people will get back to you.4: I go to...
View ArticleTeabagging is Great Strategy (for the GOP)
I've read many diaries about the poor, deluded Teabaggers, who are usually portrayed as poorly educated victims of a Fox-funded effort to galvanize the drunken and fanatical Republican Base. Such...
View ArticleObama Supports Torture Secrecy Legislation
I've been sitting on the fence for a long time. I voted for Obama, and was proud to do so. Then he hired Summers and Geithner, and refused to implement banking transparency, or even sponsor legislation...
View ArticleAugust 10th Town Halls
Much has been made of the need to attend town hall meetings on the subject of healthcare. As an aid to organizing, here is a list of town halls for August 10th. In some cases a Senator or...
View ArticleOdds Are Against The TSA
The is a lightly-edited repost of a diary I wrote back in 2005. EnjoyI've been thinking about the TSA's naked scanners and pat-down grope searches, and wondering if it makes sense to give up my civil...
View ArticleObama Allows Return of Slavery
As you know, the 2012 budget battle has been very ugly, with last week's announcement that the Republican controlled House of Representatives will not pass a bill unless it contains language repealing...
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