Steve Schmidt, you better start preparing your apology to Sarah Palin!
Today we have this gem from the Washington Post's Stephen Stromberg: Steve Schmidt, John McCain's chief campaign strategist in 2008, said today that a Sarah Palin presidential nomination in 2012 would...
View ArticleBreaking! John Boehner Releases GOP Health Bill Alternative
From the WSJ: Republicans are preparing an alternative health-care bill to Democratic legislation, House Republican Leader John Boehner said, marking a shift in strategy as the full House is set to...
View ArticleAnother "Mission Accomplished" for GWB: Teen Pregnancies on the Rise
As if any rational person needed to understand this, papers are abuzz about the new increase in teen pregnancy rates. The pregnancy rate among teenage girls in the United States has jumped for the...
View ArticleCharlie Brown walks away, Lucy left holding football and whines
Breaking: Charlie Brown walks away, Lucy left holding football and whines that he "pulled the rug from under her." Lucy is appalled that, after they had agreed that this time she would not pull the...
View ArticleIt really is April Fool's Day when tradMed uses T Word to describe Dr. George...
This is a short diary, but in view of all the pooties and such I think it is just fine. I was shocked when I saw the T word - gasp! Terrorism! - on a headline by AP in Yahoo News" Atty: Kan. abortion...
View ArticleThe Militias Have Started - Tea Party Violence to Follow
Browsing (on all places!) on Yahoo this morning, what do I find but a featured called: Okla. tea parties and lawmakers envision militia LINK to AP via Yahoo That's right! Not just the Tea Party...
View Article2010 and the Spectre of Goering Visits us Again
I just had to look at the calendar! Not it is not 1946! My calendar says 2010! So why are the words from Hermann Goering at the Nuremberg Trials in my ears this morning? Just in case you can't recall:...
View ArticleAnother Reason that I am Proud of my Religion - with Poll and Action Items
I joined a Unitarian Universalist (UU) Church in my town 3 years ago and today I got another reason to feel proud of my new religion. This is a great Church that I joined for the spiritual fulfillment...
View ArticleWhy the fear campaign may actually work (shiver) - with poll
It is no surprise to any of us that the GOP Fear Campaign 2010 (TM) is going into full throttle mode. We don't need to wait for Mitch McConnell to unveil the GOPosaur platform in September. Here it...
View ArticleWhere do we stand as a community on the tax cuts?
OK, not much of a diary as we have had enough about this (probably more than about Hillary v. Obama back in 2008), but I have not yet seen a poll on where we stand as a community.
View ArticleThe First Big Test as a Community under DK4
OK, now it's time to see if we are going to put our money where our mouth is. Kossacks say they are about defending our constitutional liberties so here is a test to see if we will all join in once...
View ArticleA Sad Moral Quandary (non-political); Advice is Appreciated
I am in a horrible moral quandary. My wife's mother has chosen to give control of her finances (and of her life) to my brother in law. Lets call him Fiddlehead. Fiddlehead took tens of thousands of...
View ArticleTrayvon Martin - the elephant in the room that is barely touched on ...
First of all, my condolences to the family and friends of Trayvon Martin for the horrible loss they have endured. There have been many beautiful and touching diaries about this young man that lost his...
View ArticlePlease Sign Petition on WhiteHouse.gov to Save Freedom-Seekers - with Poll
As the freedom-seekers are so desperately trying to free themselves from our horrible Government, from taxes, and above all from government imposed healthcare, I have created a petition on...
View ArticleUpdated: not RKBA - How much longer must we bear? (with poll)
Update: I clearly failed at generating a productive conversation on how to slow the carnage or even how many deaths are acceptable to defend the 2A rights perceived by gun enthusiasts. I changed the...
View ArticleWe'll never be able to reason with Second Amendment absolutists until we...
Among all the arguments (here and on other boards) since Newtown one thing has become clear. We are not talking the same language.To most of us it is a justice, political, economic or practical issue:...
View ArticleMass. officer loses gun in courthouse bathroom
Yet another legal gun that disappears.WAREHAM, Mass. (AP) — A Plymouth police officer’s gun has gone missing after he inadvertently left it in a courthouse bathroom. Yup, we must remember that all...
View ArticleHumbled and very thankful - with poll
To the anonymous benefactor that gave a gift subscription last night – thank you from the bottom of my heart!I am humbled by the generosity we always see here and I wasn’t expecting this at all. There...
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Gunman killed 2 Santa Cruz cops - UPDATED
UPDATE - Thanks to everyone for the comments, the recs and the tips. A great suggestion made by BentLiberal in the comments:If you'd like to donate to the surving families of the detectives who were...
View ArticleWe clearly don't have a gun problem, it is a dog problem - with poll
Just a brief diary to show another example of how we clearly must do something about dogs in our Country as these are more dangerous than anyone thought.A few days ago we had perterfallow's Guns don't...
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