Time to start formally ostracizing Democrats and Republicans
The FISA capitulation vote reminds us, once again, of how out of step Congress is with the voting public, it's putative boss. Ancient Athens practiced a formal ostracism in conducting its democracy,...
View ArticleCA Fitts, Fed financial whistleblower - 18 audits and clean as a whistle
The basic problem with respect to the government's role in the economy is systemic corruption, not lack of regulation. This is tolerated by both Democrats and Republicans.Catherine Austin Fitts...
View ArticleThis is what a Democratic Party - democratic revolution looks like
See the video below the fold.
View ArticleRepublicans DO have brains - how they're setting up Democrats for a massive...
Back in Nov. 10, on OpenLeft I wrote Frankly, I believe that if the Republicans had any brains, they'd tell one or two of their members in the Senate to help break any filibuster attempt, so as to let...
View ArticleImproving Blog Mechanics, to Cut Down on Trolling and Irrationality
(This is from a reply to a diary at docudharma called F*** The MetaIMO, the mechanics of blogs could be improved. Quite easily, I should think.Basically, you should give diarists the ability to ban...
View ArticleTea Party helps take out incumbent Senator - how can Progressives similarly...
Tea Party dynamics helped Republicans dump Senator Bob Bennet, yesterday.Amazingly (to me, anyway), in a lefty blog, somebody recently actually asked the sort of question that, IMO, progressives should...
View ArticleDUMP OBAMA Manifesto - Open question as to what points it should make.
The fertile mind of Jeff Roby has lately come to openly ruminate about a DUMP OBAMA movement. This diary poses the open question as to what main points a DUMP OBAMA manifesto should make. What should a...
View Article"Dump Corporate Dems" - Going Green at the State Level, to "make Dems do it"...
Bruce Dixon, from the Black Agenda Report, wrote a very interesting diary for OpenLeft called "Moving the conversation forward --- our plan in Georgia"http://openleft.com/...In that diary, Dixon goes...
View ArticleWhy are there no MLK's of Labor?
I'm endlessly dismayed by the lack of leadership and moral courage I observe from people and institutions that I would otherwise expect more of. I posted a Quick Hit at OpenLeft called "Nobody marched...
View ArticleGame Theory Follies
As happy as I am to see game theory applied to politics (I'v called for this myself, many times) and, in particular, it being used against stupid and unproductive lesser-evilist voting, I can't say...
View ArticleOn Jan 1, 2011, Let's Water-Balloon Obama in Effigy, Nation-wide!
People need to get busy organizing productively for their future, but quite frankly, a lot of us need to have a good laugh, maybe moreso. So, why not attempt to provide that laugh put Primary Obama /...
View ArticleSpirulina dropped radioactive urinary excretion levels of Chernobyl victims...
Gary Null did a series of programs on radiation, health, and the nuclear industry this past week, at the ProgressiveRadioNetwork.com, Mar 21 - Mar 25. One of the programs was about all the different...
View ArticleMy email to Naomi Klein, re organizing teachers intelligently, and the New...
What follows is an email I sent to Naomi Klein, today, requesting permission to freely reproduce "The Shock Doctrine". In a nutshell, teachers could distribute a serialized version to students after...
View ArticleNate Silver on CraigsList ad to primary Obama
14 hours agao, Nate Silver tweeted on the current Craigslist ad (NYC) for primarying Obama with an NPA (New Progressive Alliance) candidate. -- http://twitter.com/..."This must be a first: group of...
View ArticleThe Reid Report vs. FDL, Michael Moore, even poor little metamars
DISCLAIMER: I, metamars, am speaking only for myself, not NPA, FDL, or Jane Hamsher.(Note: I was alerted to the Reid Report via this dailykos posting).Dear Reid Report:I read Firebags and afros: the...
View ArticleThe Jesus Christ of Political Game Theory on the Stupidity of Lesser Evilist...
I've long thought of writing a diary called "If the CIA is smart enough to hire a political game theorist, then why aren't progressives?" Indeed, I've threatened to write such a diary.This diary may or...
View ArticleWanted: Republicans who plan to sell off CA and NY, to pay the national debt
As we all know, the US is having financial problems, in spite of the inspired leadership of President Obama. In spite of his brilliant hiring selections (Geithner, Paulson, Summers; let's not forget...
View ArticleQ: What is PDA-supported Donna Edwards doing to grow the progressive...
(cross posted at my.firedoglake.com and docudharma.com)I've long been struck by the ineffectiveness of activists in the US, at least when they oppose plutocratic agendas. And I've also been dismayed by...
View ArticleHow squeegees can help save America, and your sanity - going beyond blogging...
(from my firedoglake diary of the same name, but note that most (all?) of my suggests for FDL could apply to dailykos)I find the continued lack of visible, widespread, persistent, peaceful, effective...
View ArticleTea Party about to cross the Rubicon, become more effective - Wimpy...
I've often complimented the Tea Party on their electoral agressiveness, but I've also noted that, AFAIK, the Tea Parties were not willing to throw a Republican under the bus during a general election....
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