We all go together, or we go not at all...
This is my very first diary, so bear with me, please. My mom's name is Cindy too. She taught me so many things. About life, about honor, duty, and love. She's always been one of my greatest heroes....
View ArticleRefuse to live in fear, O'Reilly and SF (WITH POLL!)
As an infrequent diarist here, I'm not entirely sure how this will be received. I believe that most will take it as it's meant. A plea for sanity. O'Reilly's comments about SF really hit home with me,...
View ArticleA couple of pics from CTG signing in Seattle...
Just a quick diary, with a couple of pics from the book signing tonight, here in the Sea-town. Would've taken more, but the damn battery in the camera was almost dead! It was great to meet Markos &...
View ArticleA little inspiration for those of us caught in despair...
Might be a little light on the substance front here, but just had to share. The past few days have been grand, today's events seem to have taken off a bit of the shine. I'm here to hopefully, put a bit...
View ArticleKurds are getting shelled by Turkey and Iran!! (UPDATED yet again!!)
Kurds flee homes as Iran shells Iraq's northern frontierThis just showed up on the Guardian! Not much to say at this point, but had to get it out there. This is huge! The implications here are twisted...
View ArticleNetroots Network: NEED TESTERS! Bringing together online activism with...
UPDATE: Seems I should make it more clear. This site is under development. Expect some things to not work, expect the site to be down at times, basically, expect things to go nuts. This is a basic fact...
View ArticleCrashing the States: Seattle/Bellevue/WA-08 area event with Darcy Burner!...
Check out the Crashing the States official page! This is going to be a quick announcement for the Crashing the States segment on Darcy Burner's campaign, as well as all us PNW/WA-08 bloggers out there....
View ArticleOpen letter to Bush: I'm not afraid of you OR Osama, take me to Gitmo now!
Since this has been a day where many of us are devastated, terrified, indignant. Whatever. Here's a little courage for ya. I guess I'm one of the "angry left", ya know what? We've all got a right to be...
View ArticleWA state Dem party chair Robo-call. 50-state stategy in action?!
Not much to say here, other than to quickly report that I recieved a robocall, from the Washington state Democratic party chair Dwight Pelz(it was actually his voice). Pretty much a GOTV thing,...
View ArticleCrashing the States:UPDATED! WA-08 area event with Darcy Burner! Monday,...
The time is almost upon us for the Crashing the States event with Darcy Burner here in the Seattle/WA-08 area! Just in case you've missed it, here are the basics on what the project is all about, from...
View ArticleMy one man Get out the Vote campaign!
Last night, after getting home from work and sitting down to do some reading, here, I came across the Missouri ad with Michael J Fox, posted right there on the frontpage openthread. Now I've had...
View ArticleCrashing the States:UPDATED! WA-08 area event with Darcy Burner! TONIGHT!
Real quick diary here, but got the word, Darcy's going to be here tonight at 6:15pm, and will be here for a half-hour. Everybody please thank Darcy profusely, as she's taking time out of her "family...
View ArticleCrashing the States: Seattle wrapup and the Darcy report! Pic UPDATE!
Well, the time has come and gone, the hour past, and the lights have gone to black, but only for the evening. On Nov 8th, the sun will rise high in the sky over Washington state's 8th congressional...
View ArticleBroken (windows that is) "Bomb" set off at PayPal HQ in San Jose
This is going to be a quick, short diary at the moment, as there's not a lot of info on this right now, but it's just shown up over at RawStory.Bomb Explodes At eBay PayPal Headquarters In SJ A short...
View ArticleRNC GOTV emails: They're freaking out and screwing up because of it!
Figured this might be a good idea for a little discussion on what we're seeing coming down the pipe from the other camp. Think it might be useful to analyze and pick apart. The title, is just my...
View ArticleA Revolution in Governance: Past, present, and the question of the future...
That shift my friends... is US; you, me, and the many, many other increasingly influential, networked communities of the politically and intellectually aware. We're voracious in our pursuit and...
View ArticleFacebook group for Kossacks!!
Thanks to Hekebolos for starting the Facebook DailyKos Kossacks group! He's given me the honor of posting the announcement of this new group, and here we are!Everyone give a big shout-out to good ole...
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UPDATED: Eulogy to an educator, journalist, and beloved aunt...
Last night, January 30th, 2007, at about 8pm EST, a beloved teacher, friend, sister, aunt, and kindest soul, departed this world. She was a teacher at Warren Woods Tower High School in Warren MI, for...
View ArticleImpeachment: "War is the continuation of policy (politics) by other means."
"War is the continuation of policy (politics) by other means."- Karl von ClausewitzThere really IS enough evidence...Right now, piles of it... We know this, it’s been plastered from one end of this...
View ArticleMultiplicity of Motivation: The diversity of cause and the necessity of...
Yesterday afternoon, I found myself in Occams Hatchet's excellent (as usual) diary, Damn. Guess that beer will have to wait. While the premise of his diary is close to my heart, the repeated...
View ArticleGive us both strength: UPDATED! An Iraq vet in need of a home.
Cross-posted at My Left WingWe'll call him "Evan" and he'll be staying with me for a while, until he gets settled here in Seattle again. At least I think he will be, he's supposed to be. He's somewhere...
View ArticleImus' contrition & the national quest for accountability... of SOMEone.
Cross-posted at: Evergreen Politics and MyLeftWingPoor old Imus, got caught with his hand in the cookie jar yet again. He's certainly taking on hell of a flogging for it on a nation scale. Which he's...
View ArticleThe FCC court smack-down, Eric Idle couldn't be happier!
This is going to be a quick and dirty diary. I'm at work and up to my ears in trying to get devs and PM's from two major tech corps to understand each other.Yes, I've become an interpreter for socially...
View ArticleSciTalks is online! Smart people on cool topics!
Imagine...A place where some of the greatest, most inspired scientific minds, professors, researchers, and amateurs are giving lectures, presentations, and explaining all sorts of in depth scientific...
View ArticleOur banner to carry, our nation to redeem!
Those that frequent the diaries of OPOL, one of our most inspirational brothers, probably know for the most part, I've favored pragmatism and argued for it quite a bit since the '06 mid-terms, when it...
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The Grieving Room - The Unquiet
I am posting this diary on behalf of exmearden, poor soul who is still chained to her desk over in Redmond tonight. She will be in attendence soon however and I will be floating around as well. After...
View ArticleWell... I would ask that you consider... Pt 2 - The sacred cow.
Seems this is fodder for a diary instead of mile long comment responses, so here's the setup:via NightProwlKitty's excellent diary concerning Cindy SheehanI've noticed this slight oddity concerning the...
View ArticleTell that long tongue liar...
Looks like we've got ourselves a little head-to-head going on here. This one's going to be brutal and probably more fiery than any we've been in yet.Time to get down to work.
View ArticleYearlyKos, no more... now... Netroots Nation
Quick note to all...Gina just announced a few minutes ago, that this year, will be the last YearlyKos. Sorry to all those who were not able to attend. But keep faith...
View ArticleAre we a people that want to build or a people more interested in destruction?
(The following letter was sent out to my entire addressbook. Thought I should share it. So here we go)On this fine, Aug 29th day, my sister’s birthday even, our nation finds itself considering its...
View ArticleRussia will close ranks with Iran should they be attacked...
Gonna be a quick diary as I haven't much time right now, but this report from the Asia Times Online is reporting a VERY serious development in the stand off with Iran.Seems Russia has decided to step...
View ArticleHad a nice long discussion with a Hillary fan...
and a friend of mine last night. Most likely, we'll be in Denver at the convention together, regardless of who gets the nomination, both doing volunteer work.The whole discussion was civil, we didn't...
View ArticleThe REAL question isn't how tough...
Been hearing this for months now, YEARS even, and I swear to God, if I hear it one more time my head's gonna explode!This is gonna be a short one, but I had to get this out there. For my own peace of...
View ArticleWhy is she doing this? Redemption? Revenge?
I've a particular interest in the thoughts and motivations of human behavior. I suppose it would be referred to as "arm-chair psychology", as derisive as that's usually portrayed. But I don't mind...
View ArticleInteresting conversation with an ISP billing Rep
Just a quick throw away diary, but an interesting encounter that made me smile. Figured it might be nice to share.With all the financial obligations I'm juggling between my own here in Seattle and...
View ArticleLetter to an old friend on what she should do with her tax rebate
Tonight I got an email from an old friend of mine living down in Los Angeles, about what she should do with the tax rebate coming in.She's not totally politically unaware, rather fond of Obama herself...
View ArticleThank you Hillary!
Just noticed that this section had been added to Barack Obama's site and thought it could use some exposure here on the Big Orange.Video and link below...
View ArticleI'm going to make this very simple for everyone...
Color me inspired by this diary.I'm disappointed in Obama's stance on this.I'm disappointed in the "chicken little" ism being derided on the rec list right now.I'm disappointed in at least the...
View ArticleGeorge Carlin has left the building...
This is gonna be a short one. One of my heroes is gone and I'm just too stricken to really put much into this...Comedian George Carlin dies at 71
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