Bush Singlehandedly Destroyed GOP

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Wednesday November 08, 2006 · 6:11 PM PST

2006/11/08 · 18:11

History will not be kind to George W. Bush. He's taken us into a war unnecessarily which we now have no chance of winning. But not content just to fail miserably at foreign policy, he has singlehandedly destroyed the GOP.

It was Bush who gave power to the neoconservatives, allowing them to run his foreign policy and taking us into the war with Iraq. Just why still remains a mystery, but whatever the reason, the outcome has destroyed America's standing in the world, cost us untold amounts of capital, in the loss and maiming of our soldiers, but also our future national security. We have yet to begin to pay the price for the stupidity of allowing the hubris of neoconservative ideologues who wanted to use America's military might to rule the globe unfettered.
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Complacency is NOT an option! Want another Alito?

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Thursday October 26, 2006 · 8:41 AM PDT

2006/10/26 · 08:41

As we come to the final stretch of this election cycle, I get a sense of complacency from my fellow Kossacks, and it concerns me. People, this election is not won yet. The polls look good, but there are so many close races, that if we get complacent, we could lose.

All my life, I've paid attention to politics. I'm sure most of you would agree, it's an addiction. I married fairly young (22) and started a family. Staying at home with young children, I still managed to read as much as I could, and always always voted, making sure I knew what the candidates stood for. It seemed enough to me, and I thought of myself as a good citizen. Read More

Fear

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Monday September 11, 2006 · 1:44 PM PDT

2006/09/11 · 13:44

Well, I've screwed up my courage, and here's my story of September 11, 2001. I don't talk about it much, because, at least to me, I suffered so much less than so many others in New York at the time, that it seems trivial.

But it was a defining day in my life, mainly because I found out just what fear is. Not the kind of fear I have when I'm up high, or I think I've lost one of the kids in a store. I mean the kind of fear that, no matter how strong you are, how capable you think you are in adversity, overtakes you. You go on autopilot, just trying to survive. Read More

My Jaw is Hanging

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Friday August 11, 2006 · 6:38 PM PDT

2006/08/11 · 18:38

I sat here tonight, with my jaw hanging down to my knees.

And might some argue, as some have already argued, that Lamont is the al Qaeda candidate?"

That, from a (roll of my eyes) major network. That a major network, that any network, could say that with a straight face, here in the US, just boggles my mind.

And then I remembered. This is the US, where the media has always, when the chips were down, protected that monumental moron that is sitting in the White House. Read More

Honor Thy Father

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Sunday June 18, 2006 · 4:57 AM PDT

2006/06/18 · 04:57

Today, on Father's Day, I thought it would be nice to reflect on how our fathers shaped our lives.

My dad wasn't perfect, of course. He was a Republican, and very old fashioned, and for many years I knew I was a disappointment to him. See, he thought women should be docile and sweet, and their greatest value was in the kind of man they were able to marry.

We spent many years fighting, and at one point I even threw in the towel on trying to have a relationship. I'd rarely visit, and when I did, they were tense. It was my brothers who told me how much it hurt my father, and made him take a look at his part in our estragement. Read More

The 'Freedom' We've Given Iraqi Women

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Thursday June 15, 2006 · 5:24 PM PDT

2006/06/15 · 17:24

When we talk about Iraq, oftentimes the war's supporters say, 'We've given Iraqi's freedom.' Yes, but the point is, at what price? We hear about the bombings, the sectarian strife, the kidnappings, the lack of electricity, water, and health care.

But you don't hear much about the Iraqi women, and what they're facing. (Note: access to this article has expired, but I paid for it in its entirety.)

Across Iraq, a bloody and relentless oppression of women has taken hold. Many women had their heads shaved for refusing to wear a scarf or have been stoned in the street for wearing make-up. Others have been kidnapped and murdered for crimes that are being labelled simply as "inappropriate behaviour". The insurrection against the fragile and barely functioning state has left the country prey to extremists whose notion of freedom does not extend to women.

More than 90 women become widows each day due to continuing violence countrywide, according to government officials and non-governmental organisations devoted to women's issues.

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Sunday June 11, 2006 · 12:00 PM PDT

2006/06/11 · 12:00

Let me say from the start, I'm not a Hunter sycophant. The man's a bit too wordy for me (I've told him so in comments), and I'm usually snoring before he (finally) gets to his point.

But when all is said and done about Yearly Kos, Hunter is the one person I will remember. He so perfectly hit what's wrong with Bush, and what's wrong with our country. And after all, isn't that the point? The point of this site, the point of progressives, liberals, and anyone who isn't a wingnut?

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A half-shot-in-the-ass rant

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Sunday May 07, 2006 · 11:18 PM PDT

2006/05/07 · 23:18

All right, maybe I'm a bit more than half shot in the ass.

But ya know, I'm tired.

I'm tired of trying to make men feel big, so they'll maybe make me feel big. Or at the least, worthwhile.

I'm tired of chasing the 'American dream', of accumulating more than the guy next to me. Or pretending I have. When all I've ever craved is the simple life. Good company, laughs, doing what I like best. Being the hostess with the mostest.

I thought if I had money, I'd be 'worthwhile'. Then I got money, and found out, no, that's not the answer.

I have three of the most wonderful kids, they are my most prideful achievement, but ya know, I never was able to live my life through others. The most absolute perfect moment in my life was when my oldest son said to me, 'Mom, whatever you do, I'm behind you.' Read More

Markos in the WaPo on Hillary: Dead on

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Sunday May 07, 2006 · 7:42 AM PDT

2006/05/07 · 07:42

There's an opinion piece in the Washington Post by someone we all know, Markos Moulitsas, about Hillary Clinton and her chances in 2008.

Hillary Clinton has a few problems if she wants to secure the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. She is a leader who fails to lead. She does not appear "electable."

Markos is dead on correct about Hillary. While I admire Hillary, and don't know who I would support in 2008, it will not be Hillary. Read More

A walk down memory lane, or what $60 million can buy you

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Tuesday April 11, 2006 · 5:19 AM PDT

2006/04/11 · 05:19

Way, way back in 1998, I remember hearing how the Republicans wanted to run GWB as their candidate in the 2000 election. I remember laughing to myself, thinking that moron? I already knew him as a temper-tantrum prone, spoiled brat son of a former president, who as governor of Texas had done very little.

Then, very early in 1999, I read where he had already amassed a war chest of $60 million, and I said to myself, hmmm, that boy's got some powerful friends that have bought him, but I still thought he'd go nowhere.

Then the primaries started, and I remember Elizabeth Dole dropping out before a single primary, saying she couldn't compete with that $60 million. I remember being sorry for that, because I'd have liked to see what she could do. Bush ended up going head to head with McCain, and I thought for sure McCain would win out, until South Carolina and the Great Smear Campaign. Read More

Abortion in El Salvador. Is this our future?

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Monday April 10, 2006 · 8:24 AM PDT

2006/04/10 · 08:24

Jack Hitt has an article in Sunday's NYT detailing abortion in El Salvador today.

In 1997, the Catholic Church and the conservatives worked to first pass a law banning all abortion, even in case of rape and incest, and even in cases where the life of the mother was at risk. Yes, even then. Their reasoning is that in today's medical world, the woman's life is never at risk.

Not content with that, they then changed the constitution

Article 1 of El Salvador's constitution declares that the prime directive of government is to protect life from the "very moment of conception."

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The War on Women - The Pretense is Over

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Tuesday March 28, 2006 · 3:55 PM PST

2006/03/28 · 15:55

This is a followup to a diary I recently did, The War on Women - Ladies, start your engines

In this diary, I've tried to focus on how states have limited abortion and birth control, so that you can see how important it is for us to focus on our own backyards (our states) in addition to what's happening at the federal level. What happened in SD was a wakeup call for us all, but the reality is that in almost every state, we've moved considerably backwards.

If you don't think it's important, read this:

The high court could force those who challenge abortion restrictions to prove that restrictive laws prevent a significant number of women from getting abortions. Currently, the courts bar restrictions if it's plausible that they could impose burdens on women seeking abortions.
Such a ruling would validate many abortion laws that can't now survive court scrutiny, and in some states, it would render abortion all but inaccessible to many women.

Please make the jump with me.
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