"A voice then says, 'Pop her again,' followed by laughter."
Update: WIS-TV report containing audio of John Graham Altman's comment is online. (Text version of the story here if the video doesn't load; click "Jennifer Miskewicz on recorded comments at Judiciary...
View ArticlePEP TALK: Let's not snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
There are a thousand diaries on this, but here's mine. I've seen comments expressing disappointment, declaring that Reid "abandoned" us, lamenting the fact that some of the worst nominees will now get...
View ArticleMarketing the Democratic Party ... in my sleep
Originally posted in a comment. I'm fleshing out the idea here I have this recurring dream of an ad airing nationally in prime time. It's actually a dream. It pops into my head as I sleep every few...
View ArticleDemocrats, gun control, and personal tragedy
I found just a short while ago that an acquaintance of mine from law school was shot and killed last night in Virginia. This is the first time I've known somebody who was murdered.
View ArticleBreaking: Wind!!!
There seems to be an unusual number of, to be generous, tongue-in-cheek diaries today. Maybe it's, ahem, Deep Throat weariness. Me? I'm glad we now know who Deep Throat is, so that we can watch G....
View ArticleThe "White Woman In Peril" stories
New Theory Alert: Aruba is near Venezuela. Natalee is a cute, Southern girl. If she shows up dead, and the perps are Venezuelan, we'll use that as an excuse to invade Venezuela. Remember the Maine!...
View ArticleThe Halls of Our Capitol - A Short Story (with apologies)
Dear Colleagues, It was with great distress this morning that I discovered the rampant misconduct that stalks these halls. I'd heard the rumors of a particular White House reporter, of course, but I'd...
View ArticleHope and Opportunity: Debate, Dialogue, and the Progressive Identity
Tonight we apparently got trolled. I don't know if the person who posted a provocative thread (the "teenage conservative" thread, since deleted) on Howard Dean was a troll or not. I don't know...
View ArticleDiary from Jesusland: Blue in Tooth and Claw
In the roiling aftermath of compromise, Dean, Reid, Frist, nuclear options, incivility, ethics committees, Ohio coin scandals, and pie, the recurring question that weighs on me is this: What are we?...
View ArticleDiary From Jesusland: Echoes in an Empty Room
Elevated from a comment thanks to encouragement from PaulInVA. Today we have a diary about African-American evangelicals and one about how we go about winning the South... These two are important...
View ArticleBREA.. er.. FLEETING: DRUDGE SHOWS INTELLIGENCE
As in, he betrayed the lack of intelligence of the bulk of his readership. Ok, ok, I shouldn't make fun of anyone's intelligence (added this via an edit after an attack of civility-itis), but, really,...
View ArticleLiberals hunt down and kill Americans, says Congressman Joe Wilson, R-SC
Update [2005-6-24 13:31:39 by socratic]: Before we jump into this, I want to say that I do think the Rove issue (and, by connection, the subject of this diary) is a diversion, quite probably from...
View ArticleBREAKING BONES: Attack and Conversation
Update [2005-7-3 14:37:15 by socratic]:To clarify any possible misunderstanding about the purpose of this diary: this isn't a diary about the relative merits of two arguments, and I'm not writing...
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Map of America's Dead: A Thousand Points of Darkness
I'm sorry if this has been linked to today (or before), but I just saw it on the Website That Shall Remain Unnamed But Sounds Like Fudge, and it's got me angry. ANGRY.Excerpt from Palm Beach Post...
View ArticleHurricane Season: Operation Open Couches
With the flood (ahem, pardon the pun, considering the topic) of diaries about the Supreme Court, London, and Rove/Plame/Miller, I thought I'd take a moment to talk about something a little different....
View ArticleBar Exam: Almost There
This diary has nothing to do with Rove. It has nothing to do with John Roberts or Wes Clark. It has nothing to do with pies, bacon (my own personal favorite food), orange, competing blogs, sibling...
View ArticleFuel Pipeline Partially Restored
One diarist just posted a question about rumors of supply shortages. The diarist deleted the diary after his or her question was answered. But I wanted to bring this press release to the diarist's...
View ArticleChertoff DHS Press Briefing Thread
I'm not even sure if anyone will be covering it in full. If I can't find it, I'll delete this. Watching Kyra Phillips lead into it (or at least talk about it), however, it's pretty shocking to me to...
View ArticleMy Dream on MLK Day
I turn 32 this year. I was born in South Carolina, in a neighborhood built around a country club. I attended small, private schools. I played tennis and soccer with community groups. I joined youth...
View ArticleLove Poetry
My dearest true love And companion it's true I have only the deepest True love for you. On this day of the year When we say what we feel And we feel what we say And we know what is real, My dearest...
View ArticleOpen-Source Campaigning: A New Angle?
This diary (and, after a quick search of the archives, this one) got me thinking. One of the common GBCW complaints I see around here is that we're all talk and no action. We type endless paragraphs...
View ArticleWhy Not Women Priests?
According to an article on salon.com, a group of 12 women will be ordained as Catholic priests on Monday in Pittsburgh. This ordination will proceed in direct contravention of Church law.
View ArticleLiving and Dying
This is a rant, plain and simple. This is a method of coping with difficult news. This is a personal, emotional diary. This is a political soap box moment. But, mostly, it's a rant. And I hope I...
View ArticleBeing a conservative...?
Every time I take a political quiz, I end up rating as a liberal, generally much farther to the left than I consider myself to be. I don't imagine myself as a firebrand, standing on the corners...
View ArticleObama, Clinton, Me
Well, well, well... and here I thought I'd finally get around to announcing my preference for one of these candidates before 2/5 surrounded by the sound of clanging pitchforks as each side, Clinton vs....
View ArticleGoodness
Walking around this place recently has been interesting. Brothers and sisters against brothers and sisters, pie flying this way and that, ad hominems (my high school Latin teacher just felt a sharp...
View Articlename my f#(*ing cat, kos!
[poll added]This is not a substantive diary. Far from it. But it's Saturday night, and I'm sitting on my deck slowly recovering from a bout with the alien bird ebola that's going around. So I'm...
View ArticleEurope wins $40b USAF tanker contract
The NY Times (among other places) is running a story about the surprising result of the United States Air Force's rebooted air-refueling tanker competition. The Air Force announced today that the...
View ArticleNationalism
My niece called me last night to ask me a very interesting question. "Uncle," she asked, "is nationalism good or bad?" Turns out her history teacher asked his students to collect statements from...
View ArticleWatching Obama with Strangers
UPDATE - Thanks for the recs folks!I haven't had that many "standing around with strangers watching events unfold" moments in my life. In roughly chronological order, the Challenger explosion, the OJ...
View ArticleTalking About "Watching Obama with Strangers" with Strangers
First things first: I promise that the title is the only part of my post yesterday that I'm going to parody.Second, thanks everyone for the great response. I was happy with the way the account turned...
View ArticleDemocrats Everywhere
How many of you, oh dear kossacks, have had some variant of this conversation with people you love, like, respect, or otherwise have positive feelings towards:Buddy: I could never vote for a Democrat...
View ArticleStruggle Against Squirrel Furrorism
From the Journals of the Chickenhawk:It was a cool, quiet morning in Atlanta. An early spring day. Commuters driving to work, young lawyers sitting in a conference room, a city coming awake. That's...
View ArticleMy buddy made a baby [and politics are discussed!]
[Edit: tweaked the title a bit.]A good friend of mine became a dad tonight. His wife did the hard work, of course, but I heard the news from him. And it's wonderful news.He's a friend of mine from...
View Article... Arugula?
Now there's a diary title I never thought I'd use. I mean, I've written diaries about squirrel conspiracies and baby-making, but ... arugula?Well, today I saw on Salon.com that John Boehner has laid...
View ArticleI wasn't going to write a Memorial Day diary
I figured our thousands of kossacks who have more direct experiences with the meaning of this important Monday in May would cover the topic. I figured that we would see a flood of diaries remembering...
View ArticleMy, ahem, belated "Why Obama?" diary
This seems almost silly to discuss at this point, since I haven’t exactly hidden my support of Obama for, like, ever. But a very decent person emailed me today to ask me why I support Obama. Not...
View ArticleTaking it seriously
Out here in the real world, I have a bit of a reputation, I think. Not that kind, as far as I know. And, no, that's not an attempt to capitalize on the recently-departed primary meme. Rather, my...
View ArticleJohn McCain's Aces: Epic Fail?
It's not that I think John McCain is a bumbling incompetent. I mean, he's not exactly deft or dextrous, and he certainly seems to spend more time befuddled than any major candidate in my lifetime....
View Articleseemingly inconspicuous consumption
My problem isn't counting. I can count just fine. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. But, really, we all have stuff, stuff we've accumulated over the years.Or take books at about $10 each, average. I don't even know...
View ArticleHooray! I voted in Georgia today! HUGE crowds (with pics)
I don't write a lot of diaries here. I normally get by with comments. Sometimes, however, I'm motivated to sit down and write a diary of my own. Sometimes the topic is silly. Sometimes I just have...
View ArticleBecoming Leaders: YMCA Youth In Government
Growing up in the Upstate of South Carolina wasn't always easy. I was (and am) lucky to have good friends there, but it's a small world. Sometimes that's a good thing. People are generally nice to...
View ArticleMy neighborhood: thinking about poverty
I live in a gentrifying neighborhood in Southeast Atlanta. It's a nice neighborhood. My neighbors are friendly, waving from the yard or stopping by to talk about the weather. The kids are kids,...
View ArticleHealth Care - My letter to the White House
So, we're coming down to it. The shape of health care reform (with or without irony quotes) in America is being debated now. Soon, we'll start to have a clearer idea of what our representatives will...
View ArticleRoger Ebert writes about health care reform
Most people here probably know Roger Ebert as a talented and witty (and perhaps a bit crusty) movie reviewer. He's no longer on TV, but he still keeps up a regular column at the Sun-Times. Normally...
View ArticleRoger Ebert Redux: The Moral Case for Health Insurance Reform
A few days ago, I wrote a diary about a column by movie critic Roger Ebert, in which he laid out the case for health insurance reform. Well, today he's back, and he's badder than ever.
View ArticleA family member is dying
My brother-in-law's father is dying. He has a particularly aggressive cancer, and we found out last night that it has spread to his brain. He has about six weeks left to live. Despite all of the...
View ArticleOn Mental Health
I have a vignette to share tonight. I'm only calm enough about this story to type it up now, even though it happened almost a week ago. This is a story about a descent into madness, but not like you...
View ArticleIt ends, peacefully and with family all around
This is a diary about health care reform. I'll do my best to say what I need to say.I've written before about a family member of mine who had been diagnosed with an aggressive and deadly cancer. I'm...
View ArticleGeorgia Speaks. (Many Photos)
Georgia. Red, red Georgia. A state where, just days ago, a constituent asked a United States Congressman who would shoot the President of the United States.Georgia. One of those 5 states you see...
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