RedState and LGF on Tiller Death and Resulting Comments
Having just gotten home from a very special day for the family, I knew nothing of the Tiller murder until logging in here a little while ago.After reading some of the diaries and news stories on Daily...
View Article[Update 2] Baptist College Cancels Mission Work Due to Gays -- How You Can Help
In a story on Associated Baptist Press today: A Kentucky Baptist university has, at the last minute, withdrawn its invitation to host a youth mission team from Texas after the Southern Baptist...
View ArticleWatch This Map (w/ poll)
Did you ever play the old "ABM" game in the arcade? The one with the incoming missles that you had to shoot at, and hope that the circle of your shot got the missile before it hit your radar site? With...
View ArticleAfghanistan Cover-Up Began in 2006 -- Smoking Gun?
I've been following the stories on the Afghanistan prisoner massacre and mass grave, and the need for an investigation into possible US involvement. There's a diary on the rec list right now about it,...
View ArticleBaptist Group Stands AGAINST Theocrats and their Lying Billboards
From an op-ed in the Tampa Tribune: For the next six months, people on the roads of Pinellas and Hillsborough counties will rumble past billboard ads making false claims and misleading assertions about...
View ArticleAgape Meal of Broadway Baptist Church
(Note -- this is a little different for Daily Kos, but I thought it was worth sharing. I will also post it at Street Prophets. Cross-posted from my site.)A friend sent me a link to this through email,...
View ArticleThe Day Democracy Committed Suicide
Write the date down: January 21, 2010. You'll want to be able to tell your grandkids, "Yep, I was alive then. Sure was. I wasn't paying a lot of attention -- none of us were, really; the health care...
View ArticleMr. President -- great speech. Now listen to Larry.
Being the total geek that I am, I streamed the SOTU online while simultaneously following the text at Daily Kos and working remotely on something for the office. And I have to say, overall I was...
View ArticleAn Ironic Blast from the New York Times Past
I stumbled across this while doing research on something else, and just find it so amazingly ironic that I decided to share. Think about the mortgage and banking crisis of the past eighteen months, and...
View ArticleProtecting Us from Hugo Chavez, Saudi Arabia, and Goldman Sachs
And Exxon Mobil,and China State Construction Company,and Bank of America, and ...::WHO is doing this protecting, and HOW are they doing it?Make the jump.
View ArticleKentucky Dems Speak Out About Rand Paul
Rep. John Yarmuth (KY-3) and Senate candidate Jack Conway both attacked Rand Paul's recent statements on civil rights and lunch counters. Make the jump to read what they said -- especially Jack's last...
View ArticleGrief for the Gulf: a First-Person Narrative
A friend at church sent me a note with the attached story. I asked her if I could share some of it on Daily Kos, and after checking with her brother she said it would be okay. I've edited it a bit for...
View ArticleThe Jobs Just Aren't Out There
I hear it over and over from my co-workers and friends:"The jobs are out there if you want to work."I got sick and tired of hearing it, so I decided to do some research. In the process I stumbled...
View ArticleOn Ponies, Obama, and Two Groups at Daily Kos (Small Update)
Earlier today there was a solid diary by MinistryOfTruth where he noted that the quickest way to get Obama impeached was to stay home this November and let the Repubs take over. "Excellent point," I...
View Article"More and Better Democrats" ... And Exceptions
In the comments of a recent diary, a commenter stated that "this site was founded to elect better Democrats, right?" After I noted that, no, the site is about "more and better Democrats, not...
View ArticleIn Re Clinics, Recesses, and Elected Officials
In another diary nyceve points out that a Free Clinic is being held on August 4 in Washington, and only one elected official of the 535 serving could make the time to attend the clinic, even though all...
View ArticleWhat Do You Think of Mike Ruppert and Chris Martenson? (w/ poll)
I know it's late on a Saturday, so it's hard to get lots of attention, but I have a real question for the community:What do you think of Mike Ruppert and Chris Martenson? Are they scams, or...
View ArticleThe Barbecue Principle
Last night John Yarmuth, our excellent Dem rep from KY-03, spoke to the Metro Democratic Club. In answer to a question about the Bush tax cuts, and progressive taxes in general, he shared the Barbecue...
View ArticleRestoring Honor: My List for Glenn Beck
This past weekend, Glenn Beck held a rally around the theme of "Restoring Honor." I've thought about that theme since, and come up with my own list of steps that should be taken in order to restore...
View ArticleQuick Note on the Tax Incentive Plan
NY Times reports that Obama administration is planning on letting businesses completely expense capital investments through 2011, rather than depreciate them. The reasoning is that this will encourage...
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