pat robertson: can we take it to ABC's advertisers?
as noted by atrios, ABC is unwilling to dump the 700 club despite robertson's pro-terror views. i recall the d'kos community helped fuel a counterattack against sinclair media's biased anti-kerry...
View Articleyearly kos takes $1 contributions
for most readers, the front page has a link to yearly kos, with a "mojometer" showing the amount of donations received so far. while the average donation has been something like $45 per donor, there's...
View Articlea constitutional amendment we really need
we often hear about really dumb ideas for amending the Constitution, such as prohibiting free expression (flag burning) and persecuting minorities (gay marriage ban). there are countless others that...
View Articleclick for greenland and the NRDC
From the Natural Resources Defense Council:As you well know, $125,000 is a lot of money to NRDC - and we can make it go a long way. So, I wanted to tell you about a quick and easy opportunity for you...
View Articlemy experience with korean attitudes toward mental health
let me be clear at the outset: i am not korean, but my wife is. her brother, my brother-in-law, is schizophrenic. both of them are permanent residents who were born in korea but moved here during the...
View Articlewhy don't we let them fail?
a simple question: why don't we let AIG, fannie may, and every other big company that got in trouble, because of their own poor investment and business decisions, fail?i'm not an economist, but i keep...
View Articleremembering doctor tiller - a personal story
sunday was a fun day with the family, out picking strawberries on a farm in maryland. we had a snack of fresh strawberries, i made strawberry milkshakes, and i hit the computer late in the evening for...
View Articlein an alternate universe, pres mccain responds to news of deaths of korean...
at a press briefing this morning, press secretary liz cheney stated that president mccain was deeply troubled by news this morning of the deaths of the two journalists, laura ling and euna lee,...
View Articlehelp boost a CNN poll on unions
right now, cnn.com has the following poll on its front page:Quick Vote: What is your general view of labor unions?- Positive - Negative - Neutralas i write, "negative" is in the lead at 54%. help...
View Articlesyria-it's not 11-dim chess, it's just checkers
i often read diaries on this site talking about how obama is playing 11-dimensional chess or something, usually in reference to his taking positions with which liberals disagree. and today, with news...
View Articlethe gopdown
Marge, it takes two to lie: one to lie and one to listen. ---H.J. Simpson. i'm tired of the media's false equivalency, saying the shutdown is "both sides' fault" when it clearly isn't. Seaturle summed...
View Articlethe country IS going in the wrong direction
the news this morning was filled with references to exit polls, which showed that more than 60% of voters believe this country is going in the "wrong direction."and as a die-hard liberal, i can't help...
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