On Ann Coulter and the Police State
I had arrived late to hear Ann Coulter speak, ironically, in the LBJ Auditorium at the University of Texas at Austin where I am currently enrolled as a journalism undergraduate. I was, however, right...
View ArticleWhither Disorder? Ann Coulter and the Police State Pt. II
This is a follow-up to a previous article that was written following the arrest of a protester at a speech given by Ann Coulter on March 3, 2005. The original piece was written in haste and omitted the...
View ArticleAssassinate Pat Robertson's Wallet and Pray for Hugo Chavez
After the radical Christian cleric Pat Robertson made statements urging the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias there were two somewhat realistic lanes of just recourse that would...
View ArticleSuper-Super Stealth?
The blogosophere has been predictably ablaze since President Bush announced his nominee to replace the retiring Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court. That nominee is Harriet Miers. Strangely...
View ArticlePEOPLE ARE STARVING--PLEASE RECOMMEND
Hello fellow Kossacks, my name is Colin Kalmbacher and I am a twenty-times daily reader of dailykos. I have only diaried a few times as I am a student at the University of Texas at Austin. On top of...
View ArticleA Civilian and Taxpayer's Opinion on the Lebanon Crisis
In a despicable turn of events, Israel has decided to once again flex its muscle by a relentless and indiscriminate air and ground invasion into Lebanon. Their code name for this military operation is...
View ArticleSalt in the Freeper Wound
Howdy folks!I'm gearing up to see President Carter tomorrow morning in beautiful Austin, Texas and trying to decide what to wear.That means I've got time to kill, and if you're reading this, then you...
View ArticleObama's Rousseauean Task
I've met Barack Obama. Shook his hand a couple times. Took a picture or two. He liked my pink tie.And that's the quick and dirty reason why I support Barack Obama.If you need more of a wallop then read...
View ArticleHillary Messes With Texas
Cross-posted at Burnt Orange Report and Justice Addict and Open Left and Texans For Obama and on the fridge at your mom's.Gonna do this one drive-by style and let the Dallas Morning News article speak...
View ArticleGoodbye Hillary Clinton
OK, so I support Obama and blah-blah-blah, grain of salt. Whatever.But first of all I'm a progressive Democrat (Obama was my third choice) and what I just read is patently offensive.Hillary Clinton has...
View ArticleThe Proprietor of MyDD Is Not Very Cool
Jerome Armstrong, like Harold Ickes, like Hillary Clinton is hell-bent on destroying Barack Obama's chances to win in November.Simply because he doesn't want to be wrong or to lose. Some class...
View ArticleJim Jones for NSA? I'll drink that Kool-Aid.
I've been holding off on even a tentative verdict regarding the transition from the lame-duck Bush to the incoming hope-duck Obama administration. Partly because I just don't know. Partly because I'm...
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Shot In The Arm, Pin In The Hip, Cash on the Barrelhead
Cross-posted at Justice Addict.The stupid Microsoft calculator puts the price tag on the Senate stimulus plan at $888 billion.There's quite a bit to unpack in this monster because that's a lot of money...
View ArticleWherein I Blog as Obama and the Democratic Leadership Govern
What's the point of this diary/post?I suppose it started off having something to do with talking about saving lives, cutting overall costs, increasing affordability, reforming a broken system, solving...
View ArticleA Grander Magnitude OR Haiti in the Crosshairs of Conceit
The aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti is a tragedy on such a scale that it almost seems farcical. After a certain number of deaths it becomes less and less a tale of human actors and judgments...
View ArticleThe Obama Administration Stands With The Mubarak Dictatorship
"I would not refer to him as a dictator."That's Vice-President Joe Biden. Speaking about Hosni Mubarak.The same corrupt, brutal, repressive Hosni Mubarak who has ruled Egypt with an iron fist for the...
View ArticleObama finally picks a side; the Arab dictators.
This might be, as Finny said to Gene, a little "on the short side.”Apologies in advance for those of you looking for Ulysses on a Saturday morning. Instead we'll be going for the brevity of a very...
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