Elections Matter, State Edition: Where Judges Comes From
hungrycoyote has a good write up regarding the The 1965 Charles Cotner Case, and it provides a great brief into the case and some good details. What I would like to focus on in this diary is the...
View ArticleYeah, I'm on Food Stamps...What of it?
I really really need to keep my mouth shut more often, but there comes a time when you hear something so idiotic and slack jawed that one must say something. I like to call those my Lewis Black...
View ArticleThe Fight of our Lives
Tonight marks the starting line. Sure we've seen the race coming, we've seen who we're running against but honestly tonight is game night. With the kick off of the DNC we've heard the gun shot in the...
View ArticleYou're gonna eat lightnin' and you're gonna crap thunder!
This diary is in response to one on the wrecking list right now titled We are going to CRUSH them by DelilahFollowIts a good reminder of where we are in polling right now and where we are in the...
View ArticleIN-2 and the Senate - We can do this
I'd like to take a quick focus on two elections that are vastly important this year in both holding the line in the Senate and getting the gavel back into Pelosi's hands. That is the Indiana Senate...
View ArticleI've Paid Into It For 18 Years
So apparently I'm a victim. I am a victim because just recently I enrolled into the medicaid system. This medicaid system ensured that the birth of my daughter, an unplanned bonus, would not send my...
View ArticleLet's Not Get Cocky, Let's Get Fire Up
I'm a rabid hockey fan. I used to play the sport some years ago and I would like to relate to you a tale of a game I played, the results from said game, and finally how it relates to this election...
View ArticleDebating With Insanity
On Maddow last night something was said that got me thinking. In the first segment nearing the end of the interview she said and I'm not quoting but summarizing, that much of the moderates and the left...
View ArticleCut The Appendage Off
So it appears that with Obama's sizable lead in the polls, what many of us thought would come to pass?Is now coming to passMany of us predicted that as Mitt failed in his campaign, much of the donor...
View ArticleShame on you Jim Lehrer
Seriously I expected better. I hate doing short and sweets, I know many people here frown on said diaries but really? Seriously?I've seen better moderation at Occupy General Assemblies.I mean I've been...
View ArticleMinutes to Learn, Lifetime to Master
I got asked to do an introduction along with a teach and learn for a board game that I hold very fond memories of playing, strong enough that it keeps me playing it to this day. Even if it is a simple...
View ArticleIt Wasn't Me
Going over the litany of lies from Romney last night is for lack of a better term, exhausting. He literally has lied from the roof to the floor. I swear if I had the time I could write a thesis paper...
View ArticleI've Slain The Mythical Beast Today
What beast might I be speaking of? What giant of politics, what hugely insurmountable hill have I climbed, and traversed the crevasse to lay to waste a beast so sought out by both parties?I converted...
View ArticleReflections on the Cold War
I was born between generations, not quite child of the 80's but not quite Gen X and never really a Millennial either. I was born in 1980 and my immediate childhood I can remember a little, even at a...
View ArticleEvery Vote Counts
This diary goes out to those of you in red states, or states that tend to lean red sometimes.I live in Indiana, an at times unabashedly red state. We have however had our moments of sanity, like in...
View ArticleHows The Pie
Yes, yes today feels good. Hell today keeps getting better and better as the vote tallies come in. Today feels awesome.So to everyone who donated, called, knocked doors, and in general worked our asses...
View ArticleOne Occupiers View on This Election Cycle
I am going to try and keep this mostly short, those who read me know that...well I tend to get pretty damn wordy. I promise you I'll try not to go there.This diary is going to be a quick retelling of...
View ArticleWhat's Destroying America
I found it, I found the mythical thing that is destroying this nation and indeed even other nations. Its insidious and horrible, and threatens all our safety and is the most evil thing I have ever set...
View ArticleStaring Down The Barrel of a Gun
So those who might follow me, this is going to be a pretty short diary; or maybe long..idkI've had something recently happen that has me thinking that the odds are always in the house's favor,...
View ArticleGuns, what guns?
The title is the attitude that many who wade into the gun control argument have when discussing guns in their neighborhoods. Its the attitude and pervasive nature amongst primarily non urban middle...
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