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Words hiding inside of Other Words....

Questions making preconceived

Beliefs believable. 

Mad Feels [Link]

http://www.npr.org/event/music/526859139/aimee-mann-tiny-desk-concert

Progressive Dreaming/Another Day.

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2017/7/28/1684772/-Shouldn-t-we-be-thanking-our-Democrats?detail=emaildkre

I DON"T SEE CRIPPLED PEOPLE

Neither do I George--but I believe the correct term is amputee. People are just people, anyway.

Wrong answer!!! In the eyes of the military, and more likely the President, who, last time I checked was supposed to be in charge of the military.

Needless to say this President who has been known to take mental shortcuts (cognitive dissonance) in uncomfortable or possibly uncomfortable situations, didn't want anyone seeing him standing on the same stage as a single-leg amputee. Well, actually, he didn't mind sharing the stage with him, but only if he didn't wear--I have to say it--Don't stop me: SHORTS!!!!! --GASP!!!


Darn it!!! I've been Digged--or Scooped--or Scooped Twice.

It's a scary world, but someone's got to pee in the dark.

All for now,

Peaches

The Gay Agenda

The religious right is...well, right--homosexuals are trying to take over the world, and eventually achieve domination of the galaxy by means of homocracy.

As evidence I cite the most recent superbowl ad by Snickers. In it two men bite into opposite ends of a Snickers bar, and accidentally kiss. They then, after agreeing that they need to do something manly, decide to pull chest hair from their chests.

Rather than allowing anyone else to object to the ad containing a most disgusting homosexual kiss, the homosexuals objected first, showing who really runs things.

Heterosexuals beware!!!

I'm in.

DEMOCRACY!!!!(cross-posted at Blanton's and Ashton's)

Senator John Warner (Va.) has been pushing his ammendment to the Defense Authorization bill very persistently over the last week or two, and I am pleased to join Senator Carl Levin (Michigan) in supporting it. Senator Levin just announced that he would like his name to be added as a co-sponsor of the amendment today on the Senate Floor.

I am very happy to see so much bipartisanship in this nation's Senate. While I do favor the intended effects of the similar Biden-Hagel amendment, I do not like the tone of this amendment. If the Democrats are going to oppose the president and his war, they shouldn't cower behind a weak non-binding resolution, they should come out about their opposition and take appropriate action. But, if there is going to be a non-binding resolution, which there is, then it should be about building alliances and breaking down entrenched ideology.

I can't say that I am thrilled with either one of these amendments, but I am pleased nonetheless. It is a victory for realism and cooperativeness over mass delusion and it is a good day.

Just for the record, I was a big supporter of the Feingold and Murtha bills (or amendments) of last year, which called for redeployment, and ,in the case of Feingold, for eventual withdrawal with a timeline, but now I feel that would not be sufficient.

Everyone knows, or should know by now, that the Maliki government in Iraq is a puppet government. We should do what Joe Biden says and divide Iraq into three states with a weak federal government.

But, I will go a step further: We need to takover the Iraqi government because it is not currently serving the Iraqi people. We need to encourage Kurds to play a part in the police and military services and civil society. The oil revenue in Iraq should not be quartered off to multinational corporations; instead, it should be nationalized with an equitable distribution of the wealth coming from it. Furthermore, we need to get our Middle Eastern allies and non-allies to take an active role in the development of Iraq as well as NATO (I would say the UN too, but it is a little too democratic, and therefore ineffective).

The middle-class is the lifeblood of any democracy. If we do all of these things we may be able to bring back the Iraqi middle-class, many of whom have fled because of the violence and instability and eventually bring a thriving Democracy to Iraq. We tried democracy but failed to bolster it with diplomacy and development, the two main tools in the toolbox for building Peace.


We should announce our plan to hand over Iraq to the International Community and eventually the Iraqis, and should set a timetable for doing so.

After a running democracy is established, (or beforehand) we should consider withdrawing our troops.

This is the path to Victory.

My current Dreams, such as they are

I posted the following at ohio.com. Please feel free to comment here or there:


I admit that Democrats like Chuck Schumer, Diok Durbin, and especially Hillary Clinton (as well as many House Democrats) have been fairly partisan over various points in their careers. Sometimes it feels like it is one big joke, with them always taking the hyper-partisan position.

But, most Democrats have tried to adopt a spirit of bipartisanship recently (following the 2006 elections).

And, a lot of Republicans and their arguments have been VERY disingenuous, especially since they have been in the majority.

For example, Lindsey Graham is most probably gay, but you won't hear him, in any of his public (or private) remarks even mentioning the word homosexual.

Some Democrats also believe that Bill Frist and/or Rick Santorum are probably gay as well.

Also, on the recent issue having to do with the war in Iraq, the troop "surge," or, more accurately, the escalation, almost all top-level military officials, including retired General Powell, agree that it is not going to improve the situation. But, that doesn't stop the Republicans from calling Democrats who have opposed the war, or now oppose it, soar losers (or winners) or defeatists, or using the words of the most famous (liberal) Republican, Abraham Lincoln, such as Ileana Ros-Lehtinen out of context to support their false beliefs. (http://www.internationalrelations.house.gov/minority/news011107c.htm)

Maybe she is right about something, though. Democrats haven't stood up for what is right nearly enough. There's even a You Tube video telling them not to be a bunch of Pussies.

I stand for a politics that is about solving problems. That embraces a positive agenda. That doesn't seek to take rights away, but holds them dear. An honest brand of politics where those in power listen, and stand up for the common citizenry. Those that are hopeless, hungry, or tired of life. Those that work hard and can't afford basic necessities. That protects the rights of individuals and their families over corporations. A politics that values justice, and the rule of law. That lifts up those less fortunate and embraces them.

It's about values. And I think those are some everyone should agree on.

Am I satisfied with what the Democrats have done since they took office? Absolutely not. I demand that and a whole lot more. We have tremendous obstacles facing this nation, and the president is the least of those concerns.

Now, more than ever a determined group of citizens are asking more of their government, and trying to craft it in their own image of what is good.

And, it can be good again.

What happened in the 2004 election is sick, and it doesn't belong in a Democracy such as ours.