It's not about the war, stupid.
I hope the title of this diary is not too confrontational. It's a reference to the Clinton campaign slogan, "It's the economy, stupid". Some people were offended by that slogan, thinking that they...
View ArticleOK Bye. Ciao! 'SLong. Luck? Ta, Toodles? Siigh.
We understand, really, we do. The war was your only issue, and the Democrats betrayed you, and It's. Over. Healthcare, the environment, corruption, destruction of the Constitution, blablabla, you...
View ArticleLTE to SF Chron: Intimidation
Editor, San Francisco Chronicle;I feel that I can only publish this letter in an anonymous forum such as DKos. Let me explain why: Your editorial policy is that letters to the Editor will only be...
View ArticleConservative or liberal: why?
Sometimes I argue with a conservative (I never learn). The point of contention may be quite simple. I can have all my facts impeccably documented, and prove my argument almost mathematically, but it...
View ArticlePurity Police Lynchmobs
There's a phenomenon here at DKos that I find troubling: Purity Police (PP) Lynchmobs. The PP are groups of people who feel passionately about a current issue, to the extent that they cannot tolerate...
View ArticleMorford on the Purity Police
So. You think you know how to rant? You think that when the weight of Rethug idiocy, thievery, and corruption gets so great that you snap, you can unleash a torrent of vitriol so incandescent that...
View ArticleSchadenfreude! (RedState)
Just a brief diary for those nasty people (like me) who delight in the misery of their enemies. I was browsing RedState this morning to bask in the agony of the wingnuts at the powerful showing of...
View ArticleThe economy: WTF? (with poll)
Well, the stock market isn't doing too badly, since the low in March. (Whenever I try to short it, I get my ass handed to me). The economic gurus can't decide if we're in a recession. The consensus...
View ArticleI/P: You're missing the point
This will be a short diary, something of a rant, without impressive research or links, the sort of diary that elicits the derisive remark "should have just been a comment!" Forgive my ego, but I think...
View ArticleRKBAbots: WTF?
Okay, folks. First off, let me admit that my writing and diarying skills suck dregs. I just feel that this is a diary that needs to be written, and nobody else is stepping up, so here I go.And what is...
View ArticleFurbutt Tails: Snuff
I'm prejudiced against hounds as pets, especially Beagles. Pack dogs. I don't care for purebred dogs generally, having found that they tend to have problems due to inbreeding.So, what does She come...
View ArticleGod, Guns, Sex, and Albion's Seed
People in the other "developed" countries have a tendency to look with raised eyebrows at us Americans because of our attitudes toward religion and weaponry. When it comes to God and guns, we sometimes...
View ArticleSermon for atheists
You know, religionists have a custom where they all get together on Sunday to re-brainwash each other, with an indoctrination spiel, called a "sermon". So I thought, just in the interest of...
View ArticleA book changed your life? Really?
There's this popular theme here, "A book that changed my life." So, reading a book actually changed the course of your life? Sounds a little, uh, hyperbolic to me. Well, I'm the last guy in the world...
View ArticleHow to reach a Republican
Sometimes you hear people say of an election that it is the most critical we have ever faced. I believed that in 2000. And again in 2004. Well, I was right, wasn't I, fellow citizens of The United...
View ArticleIt's Not THEIR Issue
In this, the most important election ever, the Rethugs are going to beat us bloody, with one of our own best issues. I'll explain.
View ArticleGot my LTE in the Coloradoan
My pet peeve this election year is Republicans blaming us for the debt that they ran up. "OWEbama". Have you heard that s*it? Well, I got my LTE on it published this morning in the Fort Collins...
View ArticleColorado Concealed Carry Class
Recently, my wife and I took the class to qualify for a handgun concealed carry license in Colorado, and I thought a report might be of interest and lead to valuable discussion. (Neither she or I are...
View ArticleFinal Tally of Illegal Voters in Boulder County
Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler (R), currently seen as a serious challenger to Gov. Hickenlooper, has been on a crusade to end the plague of fraudulent voting by noncitizens.Today's Denver...
View ArticleGun Control FAIL.
Hello. I'm a resident of the great purple state of Colorado. You know, the state that voted for Obama twice, and put Democrats in the control of the state government. Exactly the sort of state that is...
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