BREAKING: Leahy to support Dodd filibuster!

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Monday February 11, 2008 · 1:07 PM PST

2008/02/11 · 13:07

Good news on the FISA front. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) has released a statement saying he will support Senator Chris Dodd's FISA filibuster, should it occur.

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Tuesday January 15, 2008 · 9:03 AM PST

2008/01/15 · 09:03

crossposted on five before chaos.

Time and time again, many of us are bringing home the point that this "baby steps to change" approach in this country is killing us, whether it be social economic,healthcare or energy policy. It's finally getting out into the conversation (and perhaps even reflected in the electorate) that the only way that real change may indeed happen is by something radical and far reaching (along the lines of the New Deal or Great Society).

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Friday November 30, 2007 · 10:32 PM PST

2007/11/30 · 22:32

Well, then. Today, I was witness to a truly inspiring day of direct action. With results, as you can see from the sign that was on the recruiter's office in Williston, today. All of you old coots who grumble about the youth of today, it's time to listen up. More below the jump...

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Wednesday November 28, 2007 · 8:11 AM PST

2007/11/28 · 08:11

Readers of Kos are well aware of the issue of a blog's liability as well as "ownership" of comments, whether it be if a blog's owner is legally responsible for the content in the comments section, or it be Bill O'Reilly bloviating about the worst comments in a section and trying to paint the whole blog as extreme as those comments. Apparently, the concept of trying to silence a blog by going after the owners is still a fresh one, as the owners of the community blog iBrattleboro (Brattleboro, VT) are now being sued for libel, over some comments that someone posted there> Go below the jump for more.

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Wednesday November 14, 2007 · 3:29 PM PST

2007/11/14 · 15:29

crossposted at five before chaos

This is a follow-up to my piece,"Peter Welch (D-VT) gets an earful about the war. People are pissed." on the chaotic meeting between Congressman Peter Welch(D-VT) and antiwar activists last Sunday.

Well, then. I had no idea the Welch meeting piece I did on Sunday night was gonna get the exposure it did. I don’t do this stream-of-consciousness type writing too much, but this meeting and the resulting coverage and responses took up a huge part of my emotional and mental landscape for the last 48 hours, so here it goes.

The attention paid to the article was kind of unsettling for me. Part of it was on a front page article in the Times Argus (which I didn’t even find out about until after dinner). I did the WKVT radio show today, which was actually pretty fun. It was in the rec’d column on Kos for most of the day yesterday. I was told that it was mentioned on Mark Johnson’s interview with Michael Colby yesterday. And it got a huge response over on Green Mountain Daily.

So where’s my goddamn check?

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Sunday November 11, 2007 · 8:55 PM PST

2007/11/11 · 20:55

crossposted at five before chaos

Congressman Peter Welch met today with a group of some 100-120 Vermonters to discuss the war in the Aldrich Library in Barre today. Hoo boy, where to begin... Let's just say that it was the most heated confrontation that I've ever personally witnessed between constituents and a politician.

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Sunday June 10, 2007 · 10:43 AM PDT

2007/06/10 · 10:43

crossposted at five before chaos and Green Mountain Daily.

I was originally starting this off as a post on Sam Brownback, but chances are, if you follow the doings of the theocratic wingnuts, you probably already know about crazy Sam, and it's not like he has a chance in hell of getting the GOP nomination anyways, so why bother wasting anymore pixels on him?

Anyways, I was over at the Anti-Sam Brownback Blog and caught wind of this piece over at RedState.com called "They All Suck". Yep, for once they were actually correct about something - the sorry state of the current GOP roster of presidential candidates. But a look through the comments was rather revealing as to how clueless these people at RedState really are. They really do have that Krazy Konservative Kool-Aid running through their veins. Hop below the fold for some choice excerpts as we take a laughable... and sometimes frightening journey (cue ominous music here) ... into the Conservative Brain Stem!

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Tuesday June 05, 2007 · 7:47 AM PDT

2007/06/05 · 07:47

crossposted at five before chaos and Green Mountain Daily.

Had the mood to blog this morning, and thanks to this post from Julie at GMD, I've got plenty to chew on about some of the horrible energy proposals coming up in the U.S. Senate and Congress that you need to know about.

First off, there's a proposal to increase subsidies for coal liquification. Yes, you heard right, one of the dirtiest fuel sources on earth. There's an extensive post over at MyDD that details the many ways that this is a bad, bad idea. Increased emissions, according to the EPA. More mountaintops destroyed and rivers clogged (have you seen how this has devastated West Virginia?), as well as the devastating poverty and health problems that are part and parcel of working in the coal industry.

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Thursday April 19, 2007 · 2:27 PM PDT

2007/04/19 · 14:27

My apologies for getting this to you last minute, but those of you who are in support of Instant Runoff Voting (the voting system in which you mark off your candidates in order of preference instead of just one) are probably well aware of it never seeming to get out of committee in the VT legislature. Well, tomorrow (4/20) it is getting a vote in the full Senate.

If you are indeed in support if this bill, it is important for you to get in touch with your Senators tonight and tomorrow morning and ask them to support this bill.

The full text of the bill can be found here. It's S.0108. You can find the contact information for your Senators here.

Occupation Project targets Peter Welch's office

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Tuesday March 20, 2007 · 12:32 PM PDT

2007/03/20 · 12:32

(crossposted at five before chaos and Green Mountain Daily)

I'm one of those people who's participated in quite a few marches in my lifetime, and with the exception of one that landed me in jail, I always leave them with an empty feeling, that although there was a 'support group/community' feeling to be gained from it, the reality is that the people in power could really care less about us marching in the streets. And half the time many on the left have a bit of a focus problem, in that instead of staying on task with a single-minded objective, we get the Free Palestine/Mumia/The Whales/Go Vegan/insert-liberal-cause here crowd, and it dilutes the message. So I've resolved not to do it anymore.

One complaint we've heard is that Iraq protesters don't really go far enough. Many people have singled out the people who vigil in front of the Federal Building in Montpelier every week. Although I thoroughly respect the people who do it, and would never say they shouldn't, I am inclined to agree with the critics in terms of its lack of any real effectiveness.

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Thursday March 08, 2007 · 6:49 PM PST

2007/03/08 · 18:49

(crossposted at five before chaos and Green Mountain Daily)

I was just going through a quick news peruse and something caught my eye. I was readingthis article about Bush threatening the Dems' latest effort to end the war (this time it's by getting a mandated withdrawal date). Something stood out:

Pelosi and other Democratic leaders have struggled in recent days to come up with an approach on the war that would satisfy liberals reluctant to vote for continued funding without driving away more moderate Democrats unwilling to be seen as tying the hands of military commanders.

Democratic aides said their greatest concern was persuading liberals to come aboard, and they were hoping anti-war organizations would come out in favor of the House measure.

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Friday February 09, 2007 · 6:32 AM PST

2007/02/09 · 06:32

I'm generally a supporter of the United Nations, and the concept behind it. I also understand why certain conservatives hate it so much. And I'm well aware it's not a perfect institution, understandable, considering the monumental task its purpose serves. I think if our government took it more seriously, we wouldn't be in this pickle we're in right now,and our standing in the world would be much higher than it currently is. Generally, I find most of what they do to be benign, and I'm certainly not afraid of some world government conspiracy horseshit like some wingers are. So, before you read on, know that I come from this as a liberal (if ornery)secular humanist who holds freedom of speech in the highest regard, not as some 'New World Order/black helicopters outside my window' kinda guy.

However, I came across something by science writer Ed Brayton at Dispatches from the Culture Wars that was quite disturbing...

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Is this U.N. resolution...

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well intentioned, but with serious detrimental ramifications to free speech

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a good idea, people should not have their religion criticized at all

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a bad idea all around

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