Great Letter from Today's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Sunday October 31, 2010 · 7:46 PM PDT

2010/10/31 · 19:46

It isn't often that you run into a really, really great letter to the editor in your friendly neighborhood newspaper. This week was different. Read, enjoy, spread.

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Wednesday October 20, 2010 · 12:40 PM PDT

2010/10/20 · 12:40

Dan Connolly is challenging Republican Tim Murphy in PA-18. According to the Connolly campaign, they are the first challenger to Murphy to have a TV ad, and they need your help to get the word out and to help keep it on the air.

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Friday November 13, 2009 · 11:33 AM PST

2009/11/13 · 11:33

Every nation has its own mythology, its own legends, its own story. Often, those legends come in the form of weaponry - weapons capable of summoning the lightning, cutting rivers, and defeating evil. Sadly, the power of one of the United States' great weapons was lost long ago...but it may yet be recovered.

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Which monopoly, oligopoly, or cartel should be smashed first?

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Which monopoly, oligopoly, or cartel should be smashed first?

AHIP (America's Health Insurance Plans)

5 votes

Banks that are "Too Big to Fail"

13 votes

Big Agriculture

1 vote

Big Coal

0 votes

Big Oil

2 votes

Disney

0 votes

Giant automobile companies

0 votes

Halliburton

2 votes

KBR

0 votes

Microsoft

1 vote

The Military-Industrial Complex (including contractors)

1 vote

News Corp

1 vote

Wal-Mart

2 votes

Other (in Comments)

1 vote

They just aren't listening to us....

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Saturday October 10, 2009 · 4:49 PM PDT

2009/10/10 · 16:49

I know this won't be news to anyone, but I'm just so damned frustrated with our dysfunctional political system - a system that allows duly elected representatives to freely ignore their constituents.

I recently moved from Pennsylvania's Fourteenth district, where I was pleased to be represented by Michael Doyle (a progressive Democrat), to Pennsylvania's Eighteenth district, which is regrettably represented by Republican "medical expert" Timothy Murphy.

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How offensive was Rep. Murphy's letter?

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How offensive was Rep. Murphy's letter?

Not only was it not offensive - it didn't go far enough. I hate teh gayz!

3 votes

Not offensive at all.

5 votes

A little offensive.

3 votes

Pretty damned offensive.

10 votes

Oh-My-Word-I-Can't-Believe-What-I-Just-Read!

2 votes

WTF?!

11 votes

Church of the Invisible Hand - On Welfare and Regulation

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Tuesday July 14, 2009 · 6:43 PM PDT

2009/07/14 · 18:43

We have returned to the Church of the Invisible Hand. (Last week's sermon is here.) The pews are filled again, mostly with WASP males, just like last week. A number of them are admiring the new statue of Ayn Rand that was purchased for the Church by cmhmd and ItsJessMe. It stands near the statue of Ronald Reagan, and portrays the famous writer in a shrugging position while a globe sitting behind her burns. The green-and-gold clad Capitalism Choir is warming up for another performance. A young man in matching garb is nearby preparing their merchandise table - Capitalist Choir hats, T-shirts, and so on. The church leader steps to the front, and the congregation settles in for another joyful and informative sermon.

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Tuesday July 07, 2009 · 4:08 PM PDT

2009/07/07 · 16:08

We open to a chapel, filled with pews. Men and women - mostly men, and mostly white - in business attire, fill the pews and talk quietly amongst themselves about the Dow Jones Industrial Average, how their stock portfolios are doing, etc. The choir is warming up; they wear green robes with giant golden dollar signs sewn on the front. Around the room, you can see statues of golden bulls, paintings of economists like Friedrich von Hayek and Milton Friedman, and statues of Ronald Reagan. The windows are stained glass, each focused around a different currency symbol. The leader of the church steps out behind his lectern, sporting the same golden dollar sign, and holds up a $100 bill. This immediately gets everyone's attention.

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Saturday September 06, 2008 · 8:45 PM PDT

2008/09/06 · 20:45

Some of you may remember a professional wrestler named Owen Hart. Owen spent most of his career as a "heel" (bad guy) - which was ironic, because he was universally admired, loved, and respected in real life. Towards the untimely end of his career, Owen was part of a heel stable called the Nation of Domination. His entrance music started with him yelling, "Enough is enough, and it's time for a change!" I don't know why, but that phrase has always stuck with me. It probably didn't mean anything, really - just something angry to yell and get the fans worked up. But it stuck with me nonetheless. It's a powerful phrase - short, concise, and loaded with (potential) feeling and meaning.

That phrase popped into my head when I read that the Republicans had the unmitigated gall to show a 9/11 tribute video at their convention. All of the frustration and annoyance I felt with the Republicans turned into something far stronger after I read that: righteous anger.

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Friday August 01, 2008 · 11:54 AM PDT

2008/08/01 · 11:54

Wexler targeted by $$$

Congressman Robert Wexler needs our help. I felt I had to get the word out the minute I got his e-mail today. He's got two opponents, both independently wealthy, and one of them has pledged to spend over one million dollars of his own money to take Mr. Wexler down. Needless to say, Mr. Wexler is a target because of his strong stances on the ever-so-controversial issues of truth and justice.

I'm in no position to donate, sadly. I won't go into details, in part because of privacy and in part because this really isn't about me. I just felt that I needed to post this diary (my first) to help get the word out. Congressman Wexler is a statesman in the best sense of the word. He's a progressive hero, and an unapologetic one at that.

So if you can help Mr. Wexler, or you know someone who can, the link is up above.

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