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Breaking in Roanoke!!! Obama Bought PIE

Small campaign story, But Obama's channelling PIE in Roanoke!!!

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Rick Sanchez - CNN - Give them their due

We all have much maligned CNN in the past for puff reporting (and often most deservedly so) but Rick Sanchez just opened with a piece on Ashley Todd.

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McCain Unmasked - This Man's No Hero!

I fully expect to get the FALME tag and troll comments but the version of McCain everyone is shaking their heads over as unrecognizable from the McCain they used admire and respect is most likely who...

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Palin's Medical Records Anyone??

I guess they must be setting a trap or something because as far as I've heard, Sarah Paliin has on multiple occasions promised emminent release of her medical records.  What's going on, is their...

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DEMAND PALIN'S MEDICAL RECORDS! or elect her without them???

With 2 business days left to go till the election and Sarah Palin's multiple promises of emminent release of her medical records, ARE WE GOING TO GET THEM PRIOR TO THE ELECTION? What's going on, is...

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Kos, Start a Strip Lieberman Petition! Pull a Bachmann Action on Joe!

Look, I'm not the only one who thinks that Joe Lieberman is the McCain/Palin of the Democratic caucus. And for him to outright attack Obama in favor of Washed-up and Washed-out, is personal promotion...

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UPDATE! With Link FireDogLake: On Line Petition - Strip Lieberman !

I called for this yesterday and someone at Firedog thought the same way:No More JoeLook, I'm not the only one who thinks that Joe Lieberman is the McCain/Palin of the Democratic caucus. And for him to...

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KOS! GIVE US A FRONT PAGE POLL ON LIEBERMAN!

I'm sure that I speak for the overwhelming majority here that the Democrats miserably failed their first test of governance in the Obama era by NOT stripping Lieberman of his chairmanship of the HLSC....

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Patent / Licensing Agent Opportunity

Ok, just prior to and during the holidays, in my merlot and tryptophan befuddled state, I had a brain fart and it stuck!  It really stuck and germinated to the point that I actually have a provisional...

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Detroit's Brass Ring: A Real Electric Car, Who'll Grab It?

The old adage that you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink couldn't be more true than it is with the U.S. auto industry.  The writing's on the wall dudes!  in BOLD, Italicized, CAPS...

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The MTP Gauntlet: David Gregory, Dare You Pick It Up?

The rare DC pundit or Sunday talk show host is the one that I am totally unaware of their political affiliations.  Tim Russert is/was that rare commodity.  David Gregory, them is some pretty big...

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UPDATE 3!  Is the Irony of the AIA Ad on Kos Lost on Everyone But Me?...

One of the iterations of the banner ads currently prominently displayed on the DKos home page looked as though it was an unintended slip that mentioned the Defense Industry as the means to get the...

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Marriage Unrequieted...Kos n Doonesbury

As I was taking my morning constitution and mulling over recent postings about the direction, or lack thereof of DKos in the aftermath of fucking winning, I just happened upon my jewel comic that I...

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UPDATE: Economic Stimulus? Encourage Immigration!

Wow!  If ever a title should stir up controversy, this one might make the top ten list.  But the simple fact of the matter is that this would simultaneously create a new, expanding and motivated...

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Economic Stimulus? Encourage Immigration!

Wow!  If ever a title should stir up controversy, this one might make the top ten list, or so I thought yesterday.  But the simple fact of the matter is that this would simultaneously create a new,...

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Urgent. An Immediate American Tragedy

While George Bush is hard at work on his legacy project, Sarah Palin lambasting bloggers and our attention is tranfixed by the I/P conflict, ALASKANS ARE STARVING AND FREZZING! Yup, Yup, with Palin...

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UPDATEDx3. Starving, Freezing Alaskans-Kossaks Finally Respond

This has been addressed three days inna row (twice yesterday) with minimal response here BUT, I sent my diary yesterday to Rachel Maddow and Huff Post ran the story  front page.  Rachel is reportedly...

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Rural Alaskans be Damned, but I'll Mail You a Free Travel Guide!

I was totally impressed when I received Barack's thank you letter in the mail after the election; gonna frame it even if it is a form letter.  But, just imagine my amazement when sitting here in...

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Red-Neck SC Sheriff to Investigate Phelps' Bong Photo

Who are these people fer chrissakes?!?COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina authorities in the county where Michael Phelps was spotted smoking from a marijuana pipe say they are considering a criminal charge...

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Stimulus! The Military Green Revolution!!

Guys, I was in the USAF from '76 until early retirement in '96.  One of my strangest memories is how staff cars and military police vehicles in the early '80s were those stupidly ugly Chrysler K-cars....

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Update: Defense $$ To Jump-Start Hybrid/EV Development, Reagan Did It!

I was in the USAF from '76 until early retirement in '96.  One of my strangest memories is how all staff cars and military police vehicles in the early '80s were those stupidly ugly Chrysler K-cars....

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(Updated) SC Sheriff Lott on a Phelps Vendetta!

What dose this redneck asshole think he has to gain from wasting tax payers' dollars on investigating Micahael Phelps' bong photo?  I don't get it, is Richland County, South Carolina totally crime...

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(Update) Our Military, Infiltrated by Religious Zealots

UPDATE: Would someone else, with a little better rep than me, please cut-n-paste this diary to get MSgt. Thompson's plight on the rec list?  Please don't let this fall off.Throughout my military...

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Narcissistic Audacity! Palin Usurps Credit for Blogger Charity

After being warned by Walt Monegan back in July '08 of a pending disaster in Alaskan rural villages, After leaving the post of Rural Advisor empty well over 100 days until last month, After blogger...

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Military/Religious Trends do Concern Me. Lines Are Blurring!

"wiscmass" gave us very insightful diary this morning the theme of which seems to be "don't paint 'em all with the same brush."The A**h0le in the Red CarI personally subscribe to this theory as well....

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Iron Constitution. Unflappable Prez. Obama

Intellect, oratory, pragmatism, globalism, idealism, big picture approach and just plain common sense... the list goes on, Barack Obama has re-established the bar for our presidency.  According to Joe...

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"Me-Too-Ism", the G-no-P Puppeteer Idiocy

A recent diary poses a compelling question:  Why are Republicans still talking about Obama's race?I don't understand why this hasn't been discussed before.  It's simply slapping me in the face.

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Tow Icebergs to Dry-Docks or Alaskan Water Pipeline, California's Drought...

This may be just another wasted diary, I seem to havee a talent for it.  Nonetheless, given the drought emergency in California documented here: Schwarzenegger declares drought emergency, drastic...

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Demise of Fox News? "The Quiet Revolution"

With UPS withdrawing their ad dollars from Bill O, UPS Cancels BillO Ads, why don't we realize that our money still talks?  I bet that if Faux News had to rely on the 28% that still back Bush/Cheney...

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Jack Cafferty on Illegal Drugs: Definition of Insanity!

It's been discussed ad nauseum here and Barack said it wasn't an appropriate intiative to revive the economy.  Nonetheless, as Jack Cafferty so often does (and endears himself to us even more), bluntly...

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Obama IS The American Dream and the GOP's Dilemma

The son of an immigrant father, raised on food stamps by a single mom is our president.THE SON OF AN IMMIGRANT FATHER, RAISED ON FOOD STAMPS BY A SINGLE MOM IS OUR PRESIDENT! THE SON OF AN IMMIGRANT...

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pooties n woozies...My Dog Ascoe

You guys all post really cute photos.  Cats, dogs, birds, rabbits (hmmmm stew), whatever.  Maybe you have a story like this, maybe you don't.

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Driving W/Headlights ON! Support for the Kennedy H/C Bill

I t just occurred to me as I was musing the Senator Kennedy's amazing public service record, that we have a simple means of honoring his service as well as publicly demonstrating support for public...

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Government Run Tri-Care - A Beneficiary's Perspective

Folks, It really doesn't get any better than Tri-Care unless it's free.  I know that this is a benefit I earned through my USAF service (and this is NOT a "thank you for your service" diary) but I just...

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Michael Moore, Fundamentally Wrong & uPSIDE dOWN

Michael, I totally support your right to use this site to promote your films.  "Sicko" was especially enlightening and you should make a dime or two off of it.  However, requiring me to pay to see a...

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Free H/C Clinics AND Voter Registration!

Just a thought and therefore a short diary.  With Keith's suggestion of free H/C clinics last week and all the publicity it received, why not go ahead and use those venues as a voter registration...

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I Killed My Best Friend Today...

...no, actually it was Friday March 12th.  And this was the hardest day of my life short of losing a child and it seems to go on forever.  Having grown up on a hobby farm and having had numerous pets...

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WARNING!!  My DeskTop Was Changed On ME!

I don'r want to be an alarmist but when I woke my compter up from standby this morning at 10:00am EST my desktop had been changed to the NETROOTS FOR HALTER ad on the DKos home page.

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Some Much Needed Humor:  Hillbilly Vasectomy

Disclosure: I grew up in Rome Ga and know how to laugh at myself.Hillbilly VasectomyBilly Bob and Norma Rae decided that they’d had enough children.  The eight of them could no longer fit in the bed...

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Hoist Them Upon Their Own Petard: A Question to Render Them Speechless

Meteor Blades caused an epiphany for me this morning and to be honest, it was a major DUH moment.  Sometimes the obvious is too blatant to recognize and the fog of frustration caused by dealing with...

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The GOP, Warren Buffett and False Equivalency

Here's the latest knee jerk reaction to Warren Buffett calling for fairness in the income tax laws:  Report: Buffett's Berkshire Owes $1 Billion In Back Taxes.In my humble opinion, there's never been...

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We All Gotta Eat! Where'd the Cooking Diaries Go?

You know, I admire my efforts in the kitchen and so does my wife after she challenged me one night to make a dinner from what I could find in the fridge and cupboards.  She was certain nothing was...

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ACTION ALERT!: Get Money Out of Politics Petition...Over 1200 signatures per...

MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan has been on a roll lately and basically blasting both the GOP and the DEMs as being beholden to their financial backers rather than to their constituents.  Unfortunately, I...

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Football Aficionados: Amazing Undrafted College Quarterback Video! Everyone...

So it ain't politics an it ain't a recipe or a pootie or a woozle.  But some things jus gotta be seen to believe!

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Cheap & Natural Solutions for Insomnia & Pest Control...Add yours

While this may be a short dairy, I'm hoping the comments will encyclopedic.  I have a couple of home remedies that are insanely inexpensive, natural and very effective for age old problems.  I'm...

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Yet Another Bill Maher Diary...If He Really Cared, He'd be on AM Radio and...

Gotta qualify this from the beginning with the fact that I LOVE Bill Maher's show and his biting commentary.  But my God, he's singing to choir!  We. Frikken. Get. It!

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"Lying for the Lord"...Mitt Romney's Conundrum and the threat of his presidency

There was a diary on here a while back where a mom told of her experience with her daughter's childhood friend who was Mormon.  As she was inquiring into the differences in their religions, she asked...

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When is Anyone gonna Debunk the Myth Of Energy Independence!?!?

It's guaranteed to be heard multiple times almost every political cycle, and especially last night:  "We're gonna make America energy independent!"Would someone PULEEEEEEZE debunk this myth once and...

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Probably the only Glenn Beck I'll EVER Quote

I don't know why I'm even commenting on this self-promoting hypocrite's comment other than perhaps this time he isn't. For all Glenn Beck supporters, just remember him promoting that gold scam. And...

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Rapture

Just a thought, as minimal as it is,  George W. Bush, DICK Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz started the 1000 year war so rapture must've happened and we're all still here together!

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