My 2 cents on tonight's results: how to stop unnecessary losses in the future

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Tuesday November 02, 2010 · 11:06 PM PDT

2010/11/02 · 23:06

I sincerely doubt anything I say will be of any novelty, as they either have been repeated ad nausaeum already or will soon be. Nor do I expect to add any unique insight. Rather these are just the ramblings of an IL voter who has had some to drink, but hopefully some may come out of this.

I am not so much disappointed in the results because it's a loss for the party, but rather disappointed because I actually love my country and am sad to know that it will unlikely recover any time soon because we brought back to power the party that got us into this mess, refused to help get us out, and seems intent on making the mess worse. With the debt skyrocketing thanks to useless tax cuts and 2 useless wars on top of an extremely oversized military that we've had since WWII, the economy improving but job numbers not, it's a sad day for the United States. People are desperate and despondent, but sadly in their well intentions they shall reap their just desserts.

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Friday October 09, 2009 · 3:24 PM PDT

2009/10/09 · 15:24

In the midst of all the commotion concerning President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize today, I have a report for you from a very reliable right-wing publication source* that there are already nominations for the Nobel Prizes being worked out, and that William Kristol of the Weekly Standard and pundit extraordinaire is himself a nominee.

*The source is frankly pulled out of my ass, but this just means it's even more reliable than Faux News.

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Who is more deserving of the Nobel Prizes than Bill Kristol?

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Who is more deserving of the Nobel Prizes than Bill Kristol?

My socks

35 votes

Erik Prince of Xe formerly Halliurton (competing for the wingnut peace prize)

9 votes

Random Freeper (we'll hold a lottery)

5 votes

Someone who actually worked for science or peace

18 votes

Mark Halperin (competing for the physics prize)

2 votes

Pie

8 votes

It's over folks, pack your bags. Right?

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Sunday August 16, 2009 · 12:48 PM PDT

2009/08/16 · 12:48

Well as we know, Dept. of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius went out and said that the public option was "not the essential element". Therefore the consensus is that we're thrown under the bus, been betrayed, slapped in the face, and well it's pretty much over. Nothing has been written yet but hey, it's done. We failed, they failed. Time to pick up our ball and go home. No sense in playing with these meanies anymore.

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Friday May 15, 2009 · 3:12 PM PDT

2009/05/15 · 15:12

Yeah we're all pretty disappointed by the waffling by the Obama administration on DADT, especially with regards to Lt. Daniel Choi, and rightfully so. However if you want a little more salt on the open wound--granted it is a net plus for LGBT equality worldwide--read what just happened in Uruguay.

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Monday December 22, 2008 · 8:59 PM PST

2008/12/22 · 20:59

"FBI Uses Triage to Shift From Terror to Madoff, Subprime Probes "

Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The FBI has engaged in "triage," taking agents off terror and other crimes to respond to a cascade of financial frauds such as the alleged Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme, the head of the bureau’s New York criminal division said.

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Thursday December 18, 2008 · 3:44 PM PST

2008/12/18 · 15:44

What more can I say here? I give up. I gave it all a shot but for some reason things are becoming exactly as I had abhored in the first place instead of improving or staying well. Can things change? Sure why not, but I don't expect them to nor do I foresee it. At least they never seem to with me, hell usually things just worsen. So yeah, I bid adieu to everyone for the happy memories and yeah... have a happy holiday (surely Bill O' will be mad but fuck him).

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Thursday December 04, 2008 · 10:22 PM PST

2008/12/04 · 22:22

Sorry it's going to be a short diary, haven't seen this posted yet (fairly new that I know of and it is kinda late) and thought it may be relevant to our interests, so have at thee.

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So yeah as we all know, the Big 3 automakers are pretty much screwed and are asking Congress for some sort of bailout, with some talk that it can be game over for some as early as a month from now. Some of the things I see around here, amongst others, ponder why not use some of the $700 billion set aside to that halfwit Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson for use in this.

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Tuesday December 02, 2008 · 1:40 PM PST

2008/12/02 · 13:40

Actually I have nothing on this one and am fairly neutral on the pick (as I am on the majority of them), but hey why not join the chorus of either "why so and so shouldn't be such and such without giving an alternative" and non-diaries with both. Too bad this won't get recc'd like the others (though this one has more words), but hey whatever.

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Thursday November 20, 2008 · 1:18 PM PST

2008/11/20 · 13:18

Mrs. Pritzker has just announced that she took herself out of the running for the position. Not really much to say in this diary, just making the announcement.

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Monday November 17, 2008 · 10:45 PM PST

2008/11/17 · 22:45

A man woke up on a chilly Tuesday morning in November. The sun has yet to rise, so he laid there in bed staring at the ceiling. "Ugh, today is going to suck" he thought to himself. Suddenly his house phone rang. Startled and shaken, he picks up the phone to a raspy voice. "Have you checked the children?" Perplexed, the man asked what the hell was this man talking about, as he has no children. "Not your birth children, I know you have no balls already. I don't even mean the word 'children' literally. Just remember, today is the day you lose your spine." Click.

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So what do you think, would you see this movie?

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So what do you think, would you see this movie?

In the theatre baby!

3 votes

Maybe when it comes out on DVD

1 vote

HBO?

0 votes

Pirate that sunovabitch

5 votes

I get to see the live version soon enough, why bother?

4 votes

Public Apology plus diary idea

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Sunday November 09, 2008 · 12:45 AM PST

2008/11/09 · 00:45

Yeah not going to be a long diary. Sorry, those of you like DemocraticLuntz. But figured something like this doesn't really belong in an open thread.

As some may or may not know I wrote an inflammatory diary that while not serious with what I espoused, were hurtful to many on here. I have since deleted it, but basically I took some of the racism I saw by the LGBT community (more so elsewhere, admittedly) and basically lashed out on it and said that 8 deserved to be passed because of what I saw. It's absolutely not a view I personally hold, but I take responsibility for having said it and I deeply apologize to all friends here, gay or otherwise. I guess like many here I got caught up in the hoopla and should have learned to just walk away and shut my mouth. I failed at that and will do better in the future. Again I apologize to anyone I upset by my actions

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Friday November 07, 2008 · 3:12 AM PST

2008/11/07 · 03:12

I surely hate saying this, but as Rachel Maddow says nightly (paraphrased): "please talk me down". I am honestly at wit's end on the infighting here.

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