You want 2012, Repubs? BRING IT THE F--- ON

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Sunday November 07, 2010 · 5:10 AM PST

2010/11/07 · 05:10

I posted a comment to BWD's diary of PresO and Michelle in India, my first since the elections here at the Big Orange, and decided i wanted to expand it into a diary, the first in quite a while here.

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Do you think PresO got the central message of the election, and will stand up stronger for progressive causes in the coming months?

61 votes Vote Now!

Do you think PresO got the central message of the election, and will stand up stronger for progressive causes in the coming months?

DEFINITELY

9 votes

*Maybe* -- i think and hope so

22 votes

Probably not

16 votes

No chance

13 votes

Don't know, we'll see -- Bloodbath pie

1 vote

Delivered Kossack words of support to Helen Thomas this week

xylem

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Friday July 02, 2010 · 11:43 PM PDT

2010/07/02 · 23:43

Update: I noticed several people are leaving comments for Helen below because they didn't see the original diary -- i will also collate these, and take them to her when i next go (which again, will only be in several months, at this point). So i welcome all further comments.

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Well there good Kossacks -- so i did go and have a little talk a few days ago with Helen, and delivered the selected comments from this diary (of mine), from 2 weeks ago, as i'd promised to do in that diary.

Helen was very, very touched by them, said they warmed her enormously, and it made me happy to have put in the effort to collate, print, and deliver them.

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Are you happy that some Kossack words of support were delivered to Helen?

109 votes Vote Now!

Are you happy that some Kossack words of support were delivered to Helen?

Unequivocally

85 votes

With some reservations, yes

3 votes

Not really, I still think she didn't deserve them

20 votes

Other, explain below

1 vote

Want to send a personal message of support to Helen Thomas?

xylem

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Tuesday June 08, 2010 · 1:57 PM PDT

2010/06/08 · 13:57

I know Helen -- she is the nextdoor neighbor of close extended family i have in Wash. DC, and i got to talk to her at some length several times when I last visited them in February of this year (though i suppose her address is publically findable, i still won't announce where that is, just for some measure of privacy).

I'm returning there in about 10 days, and as i was leaving earlier versions of this diary as comments in this other currently reclisted diary i realized i could carry some direct messages of support to Helen from Kossacks.

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Helen's remarks, in their full context:

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Helen's remarks, in their full context:

More than OK -- right *on* for someone speaking the Truth as she did

83 votes

Maybe a bit unpolitic, but everyone slips up in the public sphere at time, and it was fine really

53 votes

Ok.. probably she shouldn't have said those things, but look, she apologized -- ultimately not fair to remove her from being Dean of the WH Press Corps for this

71 votes

Not happy she said those things, not cool at all

109 votes

Hell YES my Pres -- and many of the Dems ROCK -- and time to get to work on the Midterms..

xylem

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Tuesday April 27, 2010 · 7:11 AM PDT

2010/04/27 · 07:11

I've made a couple of extensive comments the last couple of days to some diaries that i was esp. inspired by, and i copy them here (with small edits), to let folks who won't wade down to the 500th or 700th comment in a thread also read them if so inclined.. :->

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How are you feeling about the midterm elections?

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How are you feeling about the midterm elections?

Pretty stoked that it may be less bad than everyone is saying, especially after recent inspiring diaries by Kossacks, definitely going to get out and do my part.

28 votes

Worried, but gonna get out there and pound pavement, do my part to minimize Dem losses

14 votes

Worked for 2008 election, but not thrilled enough by how PresO/Dems have done the last year and a half to work much on this one.

5 votes

More of a commenter/watcher than someone who really gets involved.

3 votes

I'm a Republican, just amused by all of this, thanx much!

2 votes

Other, describe below..

0 votes

Why Blackwaterdog's diaries rock -- and yes, BWD fans can still criticize Admin policies

xylem

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Friday April 09, 2010 · 12:33 PM PDT

2010/04/09 · 12:33

Others have been defending BWD here quite vocally, in comments in related diaries by Olympia , and one by CatM.

I commented extensively in one those and in one of BWD's recent diaries, and am editing and posting those comments up here because i also feel that strongly about defending BWD's work on this site.

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Are BWD's diaries the ones you would pick to read, if you could read just one a day at DKos?

166 votes Vote Now!

Are BWD's diaries the ones you would pick to read, if you could read just one a day at DKos?

Definitely

77 votes

Well, sometimes maybe, usually at least in the top few.

58 votes

I click on them at times, prefer more 'substantive' diaries usually

8 votes

I avoid her diaries, and similar 'idolizing' ones

21 votes

If she baked me a boysenberry pie and sent it to me, i'd read every single one from here on out.

2 votes

So -- what are you gonna do in the wake of the SOTU?

xylem

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Wednesday January 27, 2010 · 11:07 PM PST

2010/01/27 · 23:07

I wrote the below to my friends just this eve, and am also curious about what others thought of the speech, and what you're going to do in response, so i attached a poll..

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What actions will you take in the coming days, post-SOTU?

42 votes Vote Now!

What actions will you take in the coming days, post-SOTU?

Make more calls/emails than i've been making to Congress on HCR (healthcare reform)

5 votes

Make calls to Gov. Manchin of WV and others on behalf of the treesitters at Coal River Mountain

1 vote

Try to join/organize street protests in support of HCR

3 votes

At least one and maybe more of the above

5 votes

None of these, but something else to support the Admin's goals

3 votes

Nothing, because I've fully given up on this Admin or didn't believe in them in the first place

20 votes

Some other delicious and nutritious pie-like choice.

5 votes

Anti-MTR ACTION -- Treesit at Coal River Mountain!!!

xylem

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Thursday January 21, 2010 · 6:49 PM PST

2010/01/21 · 18:49

I'm a little surprised that this appears to not have been diaried all day today, when i know that there are some strong anti-MTR activistas on this site (it was sent out to the DK Greenroots newsletter, at least) -- i got the email from a friend this morn (that press release referenced the URL: http://www.climategroundzero.org/ ), and am cheered that young people are taking up the cause seriously -- history (and my personal experience) says that serious social change always requires direct action as part of the overall campaign, and often nothing will get done without it.

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Will you take some kind of action (signing a petition, sending an email, donating to a legal defense fund, going to support these young people in person etc.) in support of this treesit?

10 votes Vote Now!

Will you take some kind of action (signing a petition, sending an email, donating to a legal defense fund, going to support these young people in person etc.) in support of this treesit?

Already have!

5 votes

Definitely

1 vote

Pretty sure I'll do *something* soon, yes

0 votes

Don't think so -- I don't believe direct action is the way to bring real social change (or other reason)

4 votes

A few observations on the Healthcare `Debate' so far on CSpan

xylem

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Saturday November 07, 2009 · 8:25 AM PST

2009/11/07 · 08:25

Update: at 12.20pm -- My God, i have to say -- watching a debate like this, you can get inspired again about our govt. i'd just forgotten a bit that we have such eloquent and caring lawmakers up there. not the Repubs (oh no) -- their legalese, and lies, and repetitive talking points just nauseate anyone, i do feel (including their own people, no?!), but man, so many of the Dems speak from the heart, show that they are up there for all the right reasons (specifically, i just watched Connolly of VA). sometimes, we can just be reminded that we do have a decently functional govt, we did elect Barack Obama as Pres last year -- and his words of caring about each other in the society, taking care of each other, his being a role model though serving the homeless at shelters -- are being echoed, and taken to heart. yes, it is good to be reminded, sometimes.

I started writing the below to friends, and decided to diary it -- i won't be able to do this all day, hope others will take it up:

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Repub stall tactics -- reasonable objections?

62 votes Vote Now!

Repub stall tactics -- reasonable objections?

Yes, a fair way to stall this

7 votes

No -- this is a completely ridiculous way to run the govt

54 votes

Other

1 vote

Is there anyone out there who agrees with MTR mining?

xylem

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Sunday July 05, 2009 · 8:00 PM PDT

2009/07/05 · 20:00

Other than the CEO's of the massive coal companies, of course.

I posted the below as a comment to a current story on the frontpage by DarkSyde -- but it is long enough that i wanted to repost it here, and ask this question of everyone on DKos -- does anyone support MTR?

If so, perhaps you can help me with my attempt at understanding the Admin's position on this.

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Do you support totally banning MTR mining?

72 votes Vote Now!

Do you support totally banning MTR mining?

Absolutely yes

63 votes

No, should be allowed in some cases

9 votes

Not totally sure..

0 votes

So how much activism ought each of us do..?

xylem

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Saturday May 09, 2009 · 8:35 AM PDT

2009/05/09 · 08:35

This is an extensive comment I posted last eve to this reclist diary by buhdydharma:

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How much time do you spend on citizen activism per week currently on average, and do you think it's enough?

19 votes Vote Now!

How much time do you spend on citizen activism per week currently on average, and do you think it's enough?

Less than a half hour, and I am cool with that

2 votes

Less than a half hour, would like to do more

5 votes

Half an hour to 2 hrs, and I am cool with that

2 votes

Half an hour to 2 hrs, would like to do more

3 votes

More than 2 hrs

5 votes

I work for a nonprofit that does some Good Work, so I get paid to do good things (and spend far more than 2 hrs a week on it).

0 votes

Other...

2 votes

NYTimes: C.I.A. Closing Secret Overseas Sites for Terror Detainees

xylem

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Thursday April 09, 2009 · 4:53 PM PDT

2009/04/09 · 16:53

Suhweet -- most excellent to see this right there in the Grey Lady. (and a quick search hasn't turned up any other recent diaries on the NYT piece).

There's a great diary on the reclist right now saying the BBC is reporting this, and a few comments in it asking why US corporate media isn't saying it -- but apparently, they were just a little slow, and they're right on it now. good to see -- not that i trust corp. media much (never will after their obsequiousness during the buildup to the Iraq Invasion), but it is what most Americans see, and they generally do have to cover their rear to some minimal degree.

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When will we all be able to say honestly that the Obama Admin is not overseeing any torture?

9 votes Vote Now!

When will we all be able to say honestly that the Obama Admin is not overseeing any torture?

Within 6 months

4 votes

Within a year

1 vote

I don't believe it's gonna happen

1 vote

Not sure..

3 votes

[Updated] So who is your favorite Senator of the 111th Congress..?

xylem

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Monday March 30, 2009 · 7:59 PM PDT

2009/03/30 · 19:59

Update: was heartened by all the interesting comments, esp. the ones hailing T. Harkin, P. Murray, M. Cantwell, C. Levin, S. Whitehouse, C. Schumer as some of the other heroic stalwarts of the current Senate. People also had other strong opinions in the comments, mostly positive and some negative, on J. Webb, C. McCaskill, T. Kennedy, R. Wyden, S. Brown among others (and Barnie Frank, though he's a Rep!). I note also that out of 230-odd votes, Kerry got just one, and C. Dodd none..

At the current time, Sanders is the clear 'winner' with 36% of the vote, Webb and Feingold tie for second at 12%, and Boxer comes in third at 9%.

Begin original diary:

There's a diary on the reclist currently that praises Bernie Sanders as a rockstar for facing down Judd Gregg on his anti-Obama comments which i definitely recommend esp for those who are not familiar with Sanders and his very fine socialist (woohoo!!) history.

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Your "hero" of the current Senate, if you had to pick just one?

244 votes Vote Now!

Your "hero" of the current Senate, if you had to pick just one?

B. Boxer

24 votes

R. Feingold

33 votes

B. Sanders

86 votes

S. Brown

5 votes

T. Kennedy

22 votes

J. Kerry

2 votes

C. McCaskill

13 votes

C. Dodd

1 vote

P. Leahy

10 votes

J. Webb

29 votes

R. Wyden

3 votes

R. Durbin

3 votes

Other, explain below..

13 votes

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