Low 2.0 Health Insurers give Facebook gamers fake money to oppose Health Care...
Just when you think you have heard it all, there's something new.Facebook has games, they are free. You can do better in the game if you earn some 'free' game currency. Earning the currency involves...
View ArticleUpdate Kucinich and Massa vote with GOP...Again!
http://clerk.house.gov/...http://money.cnn.com/..."The House passed legislation Friday aimed at preventing the next big financial crisis, ushering in the most sweeping set of changes to the banking...
View ArticleIf you watched Avatar, you supported Fox News
http://www.reuters.com/...News Corp's (NWSA.O) results beat expectations thanks to "Avatar" and improved advertising sales, and the company raised its outlook and dividend in a sign of confidence for...
View ArticleGood Govt Saves Lives Chile:300 Haiti:200,000
If there was ever a starker example on how a good government and strong regulations saves lives, it is the comparison between the damage and death in Hait and Chile.Haiti's earthquake was 7.0 and...
View ArticleBe Nice to Those That Hate You- It Confuses Them My Post to the Freepers
I just posted this to Free Republic. I don't know if it will actually get posted. I thought about all the things I could say, but eventually this just seemed to be the best thing to do in every sense...
View ArticleGOP votes for Cornhusker Deal and other HCR musings
So the GOP (and Demos) were outraged by the sweetheart deals in the Senate Bill. The Cornhusker Kickback was shady politics they said. But when a bill came up Sunday that would take away those shady...
View ArticleInvestment Adviser goes Teabag on Health Care
You would think the lying about Health Care Reform would stop now that it has been passed, but apparently not. http://seekingalpha.com/...Andy Sutton, an investment adviser with a column on the...
View ArticleGOP headquarters to build Windpower site
Michael Steele has announced that the new GOP headquarters will use a innovative wind power device to produce the electricity. The new corkscrew turbine takes advantage, not of regular horizontal...
View ArticleWacky: Conservative fringe denounces Norquist
http://frontpagemag.com/...In a wacky turn of events, conservative fringe elements have denounced 'bathtub murderer' Grover Norquist for, of all things, signing a letter pleading with conservatives to...
View ArticleGOTV Stop Rand Paul!
I have been using the OFA web calling tool to call Kentucky and support Jack Conway over Rand Paul. The race is very close and we need as many votes as we can get. Also I have found that Kentucky...
View ArticleUpdate: Every Vote Counts McNerney wins by 121 votes
http://vote.sos.ca.gov/...There were a bunch of close races, however I want to draw attention to Jerry McNerney vs tea partier David Harmer out in Contra Costa. With 100% of precincts reporting, Jerry...
View ArticleNew Idea:Post so you can comment
Here's an idea: Background: I have gotten progressively disillusioned about the quality of comments to news stories/op/ed pieces. Not just those on DK, but comments to stories on news sites and opinion...
View ArticleHow to disagree effectively and politely
I found this wonderfully instructive article today and, given the tone of discussion at DKos at time, I felt I needed to post it immediately. Yes the actual diary post length is short but the link...
View ArticleEzra Klein asks What Could Obama Have Done?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...Ezra Klein asks a compelling question on what Obama could have done during his Presidency. it is an article that seems to be tailor made to address opinions that have...
View ArticleNate Silver makes case for keeping Obama
Nate Silver responds to calling for primary-ing (is this an actual verb?) Obama with another Democrat.http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/...
View ArticleNY Times: Why the Left doesn't understand about Obama
http://www.nytimes.com/...I found this article to be insightful. I think much of dissatisfaction with Obama from the left comes from a skewed understanding of what can be accomplished and what was...
View ArticleMsg to Obama critics, Change begins at the bottom
My last diary was not liked by a number of people on Daily Kos. So I'm throwing out this video by Thom Hartmann on how to change the party from the inside. If you want the Democratic party to be more...
View ArticleCenter vs Left or Why Obama won't make you happy
Reading Ezra Klein's article about Obama's speech tomorrow on a jobs plan makes me think people upset with him now will be no less upset tomorrow.The White House believes two things about the next 14...
View ArticleMillionaires must pay same percentage as middle class
http://www.usatoday.com/..."President Barack Obama is expected to seek a new base tax rate for the wealthy to ensure that millionaires pay at least at the same percentage as middle income...
View ArticleDrag Racing: A Story
I made this story up when the banks were failing, but didn't post it until Friday as a comment. I like it as an allegory, so I decided 'what the heck' I'm publishing it as a post on it's own.Drag...
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