Confessions of a Republican Congressman
This week we had to vote on whether or not to continue to allow the atrocious burning of the American flag. My brethren and I really felt we needed to stay the course on this issue, but at times it...
View ArticleDear Kos Community: Moving Forward Together
Dear Fellow Kossacks: This has been a particularly difficult week for the world. We here at the Kos community have tangled a bit over the causes, meaning, and long term impact of what is going on....
View ArticleWe Ownz U Site - FBI asks: Who hacked Lieberman's website?
Joe, with the complicity of the Connecticut Attorney General and the FBI, are attempting to create a controversy over this issue, no doubt to invent fodder for his indie bid.U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman's...
View ArticlePlease no more "Israel=evil" diaries and answer a question
Daily Kos has always been a place for tolerance (except for neocon insanity and republican duplicity, hypocrisy and heartlessness). In the past few weeks I have seen this site tolerate some of the...
View ArticleYSKINAT - You Should Know I Am Not A Troll - A Diary
If you've read my many years of posts, You Should Know by now that I Am Not A Troll. This is not a GBCW diary; quite the contrary. I don't think it's a WYFP diary either. But it's not as much about a...
View ArticleTroll Ratings Abuse - TU Status is not the Issue.
ON EDIT: I changed the title. I misunderstood the use of WYFP. I also edited out references to TU status, because instead of looking at the comments and seeing the obvious disparity in reactions,...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines Threatens Legal Action Over ABC's 'Path to 9/11'
From here:http://www.tvweek.com/...ABC's airing of its "Path to 9/11" docudrama last night has drawn its first lawsuit threat, and the surprise is that it's coming not from angry Democrats but from an...
View ArticleFoley on Clinton-Lewinsky: "It's vile!"
Hypocrisy, thy name is Republican. Here is what Mark Foley (R-Sleazeball) said about Bill Clinton and the Starr Inquisition:"It's vile," said Rep. Mark Foley, R-West Palm Beach. "It's more sad than...
View ArticleBreaking: Dems aren't perfect!
Right now the site is alight with the latest "slip up" by John Kerry, the resulting phony furor and righteousness coming from the right wing wacko echo chamber, and Kerry's fantastic smackdown of their...
View ArticleDems Fold Again. Damn.
Once again we see Democrats scrambling to distance themselves from any Dem who takes a stand on anything. And once again we see the reason Dems are seen as waffling and weak, and why the party gets...
View ArticleWe're for Censorship? Who Knew!
This Diary is not about that tall dude that ran for prez in 2004 or the latest sleazefest going on in the GOP. Not even about the election. Surprise! (C'mon they can't all be about the election)....
View ArticleWhat We're (Still) Up Against
I'm as jazzed as anyone here about the major Dem midterm blowout. "The nation gets it!" I exclaimed.I'd like to think so, but an anecdote tells me not everyone does:I'm sitting in the doctor's office...
View ArticleWhat makes you laugh?
We Kossacks spend a decent amount of time flaming each other in I/P diaries, arguing in Kerry sucks/rocks (or just sucks rocks) diaries, debating in "Why [ ] is THE candidate in 2008" diaries,...
View ArticleHarry Reid Clarifies His Position on Troops/Iraq
The diaries have been proliferating around here as to what Harry Reid "really" meant when he said he would support a surge in troop levels.My opinion was that he was not as articulate as I would like...
View ArticleI/P Cease Fire - A Pre-Emptive Diary
The headline:Israel orders attacks on Palestinians launching rocketsIn anticipation that this might be used by - anyone - as "evidence" that Israel is "not interested in peace", I request, and...
View ArticleWYF(late)P: "Enemy of the Good" Edition
That being "Perfection".So another Saturday, the one after Valentine's Day, or as I referred to it: Wednesday.I face two fronts on which Perfection is the enemy of the Good.Having been single for the...
View ArticleAl Gore and The Soundtrack to Our Demise
I was talking to my son about the whole Senate vote debacle yesterday and he smiled. "What about this fantastic huge global warming bill they're working so hard to pass?""Who introduced a global...
View ArticleThe Current Dem Slate and the Nature of Leadership
Looking upon the current slate of declared Democratic candidates, it occurs to how very under whelmed I am, and that I am waiting, hoping desperately that this is not the final list of choices we...
View ArticleStanding Behind Our Candidates
Yesterday I read some unfortunate comments regarding John Edwards and his infamous haircut (the one he's reimbursed the campaign for) and the fact that he did consulting work for a hedge fund.Some of...
View ArticleCitizen John Edwards Wants to Know
The organizers of tonight's GOP debate have asked for citizens' suggestions on questions to ask the GOP candidates.John Edwards, a citizen living in North Carolina, has submitted the following:Has the...
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