Open Letter To Arlen Specter

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Tuesday April 28, 2009 · 12:10 PM PDT

2009/04/28 · 12:10

Dear Sen. Specter,

I applaud your wisdom and welcome you to the Democratic Party. There have been many people here saying this was the smartest move since November. It still is. I hope that you will be a more productive member of the Senate without having to worry about Pat Toomey trying to gut you from the right. However, some things have changed since November, and not all those things are good...

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Thursday March 19, 2009 · 2:41 PM PDT

2009/03/19 · 14:41

This is going to be a pointless waste of diary space (not exactly a previous or non-renewable resource, but I digress), but I had to mention a couple things after reading the front page linked article from ScienceDaily about how little American adults know about basic scientific facts.

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What is your view?

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What is your view?

I think evolution is currently happening.

45 votes

I've been duped.

1 vote

I'm either morbidly stupid or willfully ignorant.

5 votes

I'm the token indecisive person.

8 votes

AIG - The Ultimate Trolls

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Tuesday March 17, 2009 · 12:17 PM PDT

2009/03/17 · 12:17

troll - noun. goblin, hobgoblin, gnome, demon, monster, bugaboo, ogre. - Merriam Webster.
troll - noun. someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages...with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional response or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion. - Wikipedia.

I hereby nominate AIG as the greatest troll of the century, if not all time. Why should I bestow such a dubious distinction on such a dubious corporation?

Well, consider their actions since the bailout began along with me after the, er, bridge...

geffdee

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Monday March 09, 2009 · 6:07 AM PDT

2009/03/09 · 06:07

The mystery is no more. I am sorry for ruining Atlas Shrugged for you because every last word after the first four are now pointless. It is true. I am John Galt.

What's this big ruckus about me? Who cares who I am? Apparently a lot of misguided people. A lot of misguided people who wish they were me. So why do they care? I'll explain after the fold.

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Who is John Galt?

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Who is John Galt?

Me.

27 votes

Me.

16 votes

Me.

30 votes

Everyone.

160 votes

Americans Can Do Anything.

geffdee

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Tuesday February 24, 2009 · 8:04 PM PST

2009/02/24 · 20:04

Or, Who Do You Think Runs Our Government.

I had been dreading the "Republican Reaction" to President Obama's speech. Its delay in starting only worsened my unease. But then it was like sunshine and rainbows broke out because when the speech started, it was peppy, upbeat and seemingly as bipartisan as the chamber on Capitol Hill was minutes before. The beginning of the speech was A+ work. The line about Americans being able to do anything because they have a lot of variety at the supermarket was maybe a little crazy, but it makes for a nice theme of the speech.

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Saturday November 22, 2008 · 7:04 AM PST

2008/11/22 · 07:04

Warning: Rant to follow.

I have always really liked the "Abbreviated Pundit Round-up" on the front page. Mostly because of the snarky reduxes that are an excellent reality check to the fantasy world of most pundits, but also because it points out Op-Ed pieces that I wouldn't otherwise know to read.

Maybe I'll have to stop because it's getting to be bad for my health. You see, most of the columnists in the APR are of a more ~~delusional~~ ~~conservative~~ delusional bent. And it makes my blood boil at times.

Take for instance the article at the end of today's APR by Sophia Nelson. It is entitled, "It's My Party, But I Don't Feel Part of It." She's a Black Republicans bemoaning how narrow (and narrow-minded) the Republican Party is these days. But that's not the frustrating part...

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Friday November 21, 2008 · 7:30 PM PST

2008/11/21 · 19:30

"US officials flunk test of Amerian history, economics, civics screams an AFP headline that I picked up while perusing Yahoo. Obviously unsurprising given the recently popular Sarah Palin show, but who knew the rot went so deep?

Average score of the 164 respondents who claimed to have held an elected public office at least once in their life: 44%. Ouch.

Average score of the other 2344 private citizens: 49%. Double Ouch. One order of Education Reform, and make it speedy, garçon.

Quoth the chairman of the group that gave the test:

"It is disturbing enough that the general public failed ISI's civic literacy test, but when you consider the even more dismal scores of elected officials, you have to be concerned," said Josiah Bunting, chairman of the National Civic Literacy Board at ISI.

Seriously. Politicians would be failing even on a curve. And who made this test up? What is wrong with this picture? Why am I not surprised?

Answers (and correct ones, I promise) after the jump.

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What Percentage (rounded) did you get?

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What Percentage (rounded) did you get?

> 93%

62 votes

90-93%

31 votes

87-89%

23 votes

83-86%

18 votes

80-82%

11 votes

77-79%

17 votes

73-76%

6 votes

70-72%

2 votes

60-70%

6 votes

50-60%

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> 50%

1 vote

Change.gov: By The People

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Thursday November 06, 2008 · 1:53 PM PST

2008/11/06 · 13:53

The website for the Obama transition, change.gov, is up and running and it has an in-depth and comprehensive directory of websites explaining the agenda of our President-elect. I must say that I was afraid that I might experience "buyer's remorse" after voting because it is clear to me that I am to the left of "American's Most ~~Wanted~~ Liberal Senator," but after reading through the policy choices of the Obama administration, I am pretty sure that the direction Mr. Obama will put this country in is the exact direction I want to go in.

This is slightly off-topic, but I am really heartened by the emphasis on common sense governance in this agenda. The agenda is truly pragmatic. It does not try to force theories into practice, but instead looks at the problems America is beset by and offers solutions that are proven and practical.

Unfortunately, one issue of recent importance gets nary a sentence ascribed to it, and I feel that it is a glaring issue. It is the issue of how marriage is defined. Mr. Obama was somewhat wishy-washy on the issue of marriage during the campaign, and so I used the "By The People" form to fill out a "Feature Request" on gay marriage. The entire text is below.

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Is Marriage a State or Federal Issue?

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Is Marriage a State or Federal Issue?

Yes

6 votes

4 votes

Neither

27 votes

Who wants to get married?

5 votes

(Wedding) Pie

4 votes

ATTN: Use an Encyclopedia

geffdee

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Tuesday November 04, 2008 · 8:32 PM PST

2008/11/04 · 20:32

Socialism: refers to broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods, and the creation of an egalitarian society. (wikipedia)

America: Please use a dictionary or encyclopedia before using a word you don't know.

I can't stand what Republicans have done to the name of socialism. It's slanderous and it is sickening. But what I really can't stand is how stupid they make us look. So really, and I'm looking at you, Republican hacks:

Don't make me look dumb because you don't have a working knowledge of the English Language.

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Thursday October 30, 2008 · 12:27 PM PDT

2008/10/30 · 12:27

Who is campaigning for the Republicans this year? I know, I know, everyone thinks it is John McCain; but really, who is in charge over there? There is a string of what I think are tantalizing clues that lead me to believe that it is not John McCain who is running his own candidacy for President. Of course, this leads to the question of, "Who is?!" All that, and possibly more, if you take the jump down the rabbit hole...

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Who is running McCain's Campaign?

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Who is running McCain's Campaign?

John McCain

5 votes

The GOP

32 votes

Sarah Palin

5 votes

Dick Cheney

8 votes

The Vietnamese

5 votes

Aliens

18 votes

Pie

10 votes

Confessions of a Hillary Voter

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Tuesday October 14, 2008 · 8:44 PM PDT

2008/10/14 · 20:44

Over at a discussion about canvassing in Pittsburgh, FishOutOfWater posted a comment suggesting that a diary about a Hillary-turned-Obama supporter might be timely. I was leery of writing about this because I heard about the vehement reaction to (and subsequent self-imposed exiles of) Hillary supporters during the primary. I think I had a good reason for doing so. Hopefully, the time of reconciliation has come and past, and people will take the chance to read this without submitting to an instinctual reaction.

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Was voting for Hillary bad?

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Was voting for Hillary bad?

Yes

19 votes

100 votes

Yes, As long as you got pie.

10 votes

Let me spell it: L I A R - UPDATED w/ VIDEO

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Monday October 13, 2008 · 7:06 PM PDT

2008/10/13 · 19:06

Rachel Maddow continues her hot streak. After noting that Obama has set a campaign stump speech record for references to a single noun by muttering the word "pie" 15 times in two minutes at a campaign stop in Philly this weekend (as diaried previously here: OBAMA PIE!), she goes on to set a record of her own. She brings up the Troopergate findings against Sarah Palin and mutters the "L word" a stunning seven (from my counting) time while referring to Sarah Palin.

~~Footage at eleven (or whenever MSNBC releases it).~~ Footage NOW!

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