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Sunday August 09, 2009 · 2:47 PM PDT

2009/08/09 · 14:47

Not much of a diary here, but she's getting lots of flack over her support for a strong public option and it'd be nice to call or write and thank her for her support and advocacy. I got to thank her in person recently and she's a very friendly , open and smart politician who is also a Blue Dog, but on this issue , she's on our side.

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Friday April 03, 2009 · 3:57 PM PDT

2009/04/03 · 15:57

I've been at a loss to understand what unites the various types of conservatives. They would seem to have nothing in common ; the religious conservatives, the economic conservatives, and the neocons. Is it just as Janeane Garofalo has argued , that they are just 'mean people' ?
After all, what do these issues have in common? opposition to civil rights, workers rights, environmental protection, abortion rights, immigrants, diplomacy, taxes, welfare, regulation, and a proclivity towards authoritarianism .
These are the trees blocking our view of the forest . We get sidetracked trying to examine and combat each one without ever seeing what the animating force is behind it all.
I think that animating force, that conservative utopian ideal is truly, frighteningly, uncompromisingly medieval.

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Monday May 19, 2008 · 5:32 PM PDT

2008/05/19 · 17:32

The ups and downs of this primary have revealed some undercurrents in our culture that have surprised me to no end. The most striking of which (to me) has been the way in which some (esp older) feminists have almost gleefully forgone a serious and nuanced discussion of what feminism means in 21st century America for a simplified , almost cartoonishly simplified version of the ideals they have spent the last 30+ fighting for.
I am beginning to worry about the long term damage to feminist ideals .

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Monday May 12, 2008 · 1:11 AM PDT

2008/05/12 · 01:11

Haven't seen a diary about this tonite , and it's late so here goes...

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Monday April 28, 2008 · 10:06 PM PDT

2008/04/28 · 22:06

McCain flip-flops on every important issue of our times .... including apparently , the war ....

When it comes to getting U.S. troops out of Iraq, Sen. John McCain was for the idea before he was against it.

Three years before the Arizona Republican argued on the campaign trail that U.S. forces could be in Iraq for 100 years in the absence of violence, he decried the very concept of a long-term troop presence.

In fact, when asked specifically if he thought the U.S. military should set up shop in Iraq along the lines of what has been established in post-WWII Germany or Japan -- something McCain has repeatedly advocated during the campaign -- the senator offered nothing short of a categorical "no."

"I would hope that we could bring them all home," he said on MSNBC. "I would hope that we would probably leave some military advisers, as we have in other countries, to help them with their training and equipment and that kind of stuff."

sorry if this isn't the best diary (or even much of one) , but I was surprised to find out this news tonite and wanted you to know it too!

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Tuesday April 08, 2008 · 11:43 AM PDT

2008/04/08 · 11:43

Did anyone else catch this on ABC news last nite? I ran across the link on HuffPo today http://abcnews.go.com/... I agree with Martha Raddatz ; these soldiers were surprising ...

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Saturday March 29, 2008 · 9:09 PM PDT

2008/03/29 · 21:09

Here's our lineup for tonight's show here at GBCW's . A good way to end the week and hear some new music!

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10 votes Show Results

I liked .....the best

10 votes Vote Now!

I liked .....the best

Joanna Newsom

2 votes

Nicole Willis

1 vote

the maybellines

2 votes

the handsome family

1 vote

wolf parade

1 vote

the greenhornes

1 vote

sean lennon

1 vote

all of the above

1 vote

none of the above

0 votes

Need some help in renaming Squaw Peak in Phoenix,Az

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Thursday March 27, 2008 · 10:25 PM PDT

2008/03/27 · 22:25

I received this email from a friend of a friend concerning the official renaming of Squaw Peak in Phoenix to Piestewa Peak . Here's why you should help ....

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Sunday March 23, 2008 · 12:20 AM PDT

2008/03/23 · 00:20

Here's some non-politics to wind down a loooooong week. (please don't flame if you don't like a non-political diary, just ignore.)
These are some of my new favorite bands that don't get ANY radioplay (ok, maybe on pirate stations) and won't ever be famous. But they make great music that more people should hear. Wanna hearit? Hereit goes...(If you like this , be sure to tune in next Saturday late nite for more "bands that need to be heard" here on GBCW's late-nite musicvid digest ;)

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18 votes Show Results

I liked ....the best

18 votes Vote Now!

I liked ....the best

Holly Golightly

1 vote

Miss Derringer

0 votes

Sharon Jones

5 votes

The Gossip

1 vote

Glass Candy

1 vote

The Epoxies

4 votes

the Ettes

3 votes

all of the above!

1 vote

none of the above (and please stop bothering us with useless diaries, even if it is latenight )

2 votes

PAY ATTENTION!Winter Soldier testimony LIVE now ...

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Saturday March 15, 2008 · 4:38 PM PDT

2008/03/15 · 16:38

While we're all sitting here writing pointless diaries again and again and again about boycotts and strikes and whatever , the Iraq Veterans against the War are holding their Winter Soldier hearings right now...

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WinterSoldiers are

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WinterSoldiers are

brave heroes .

29 votes

HEY!!! Mark Klein on NOW on PBS (AT&T whistleblower)

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Friday March 14, 2008 · 7:46 PM PDT

2008/03/14 · 19:46

just so's you know's ...

Klein tells David Brancaccio about the "secret room" set up by the National Security Agency inside his AT&T office in San Francisco. He also describes in remarkable detail—with documents to back him up—how wires were split and extra equipment was brought in to essentially suck up and store emails from all over the country. Klein claims this activity is a violation of the Fourth Amendment, yet the White House continues to press Congress not only for authorization to continue surveillance but also for legal immunity for cooperating telecom companies.

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Friday March 07, 2008 · 7:08 PM PST

2008/03/07 · 19:08

So Bjork goes to China and sings "declare independence" and screams "Tibet! Tibet!" (a short diary with video)

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Who me?

41 votes Vote Now!

Who me?

sure, I could do something like that

7 votes

I wish I was that much of a badass

24 votes

no, Chinese prisons kinda scare me a little

8 votes

hell no!

2 votes

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Need some help in renaming Squaw Peak in Phoenix,Az

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