Keep up the calls on Hilda Solis!
Some anonymous Republican Senator has put a "hold" on the nomination of Hilda Solis to be Secretary of Labor. In yesterday's diary, thereisnospoon posted the names and phone numbers of all Republican...
View ArticleLeftward ho: conservatives get on board.
We are starting to see the leftward shift of the Overton window. (Thank God.)After the jump, a chain of thoughts by conservative pundit David Frum, one of his readers, and libertarian-ish pundit Andrew...
View ArticleBiking & stimulus: contact Congress!
Including a lot of funding for bicycle projects in the stimulus package would have both short-term and long-term benefits for the nation's finances and our health.After the jump, a quick list of...
View ArticleAfghan opium: a proposal.
Today's New York Times editorial on Afghanistan laments that country's continuing disintegration, and summarizes some of the symptoms, but only hints at one of the deep causes: opium.Afghan farmers are...
View ArticleSears Tower going green
Just a quick diary to note a sign of increasing "mainstream" acceptance of the wisdom of going green.The owners of the Sears Tower in Chicago are undertaking a major effort to reduce its energy use,...
View ArticleNew Aussie PM: limit carbon emissions. Poll.
This brief diary is intended to solicit comments from people more knowledgeable than I about Australian politics.Australia has a new Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, and she's promising to pursue some...
View ArticleHow to pay for unemp. benefits & win!
OK, the Republicans are saying they'd love to vote for unemployment benefits, but those doggone Spendocrats just won't cut spending to pay for it because their secret evil plan is to drive up taxes...
View ArticleGA ballot amendments & referendum
5 proposed constitutional amendments and one referendum are on the 2010 Georgia ballot. Here’s a summary of each, and my opinion on each.Bottom line: Definitely no on 1. Definitely yes on 2 and 4,...
View ArticlePalin: we're on notice. (Video presages 2012.)
This will be a short diary.This hymn (yes, that's the right word) to Palin, set to the music of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," says more than any 5,000-word diary could about the Palin...
View ArticlePolling suggestion for Kos/PPP.
Thought spurred by (a) Jed Lewison's current FP story on what people want to cut, and (b) this great graph, showing that what people want to cut doesn't cost much.Instead of just asking people what...
View ArticleDK4 suggestion re: groups.
DK4 is here to stay, I presume. Like most Kossacks, I probably oughta learn how to get the most out of it.And that, it appears, means we need to learn about groups.I have a simple question that DK4...
View ArticleE. Warren for Senate? (Ted K.'s seat)
Reuters is reporting the formation of a "Draft Elizabeth Warren for Senate" committee.GOPer Scott Brown, who now holds the seat, must run for re-election in 2012.If she runs, the GOP will wish they'd...
View ArticleDebt ceiling solution: print money
...he [the President] shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed. United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 3If the debt ceiling isn't raised, the Constitution doesn't give the President...
View ArticleSuggest Dems for Super Congress?
I presume the Dems will get three House and three Senate members on the Super Congress deficit-reduction All-Star Team.Who do we want?One initial comment per Super Congress nominee, please. Others who...
View ArticleObama's next speech leaked! Game changer!
The crack team of HeyMikey investigators, recently picked up on waivers from Rupert Murdoch, has succeeded in hacking into the White House computers and retrieving the text of a speech President Obama...
View ArticleDKos apps for smartphone, tablet, or e-reader?
Anybody else out there want a DailyKos app for their smartphone or tablet, or a DailyKos e-reader version? Poll over the jump.
View ArticleStimulus: EPA end run around Congress
The economy needs more stimulus, pronto. There's no way in hell Congress will approve it. But the President doesn’t need Congress to use the EPA to clamp down on greenhouse emissions. That would get...
View ArticleHow to update DKos avatar pic? [update: here's how]
Sorry to ask about something so mundane. It's not on the DK4 FAQ. I promise to try to put it there.How do you update your DKos avatar photo? Obviously I figured it out at one time, but can't today....
View Article9/11: Angry reflections by a Christian Orwell fan with a dead father
In 1984, when cancer killed my father, I was 23. My brother was 18. My mom was 52. I had always known, as surely everyone must, that the notion that bad things only happen to other people was a lie. My...
View Article(1) Why boycott? (2) Boycott demands?
Surely I can't be the only one who is active enough on DKos to be interested in the boycott, but not active enough to have figured out yet:(a) what the boycotters are upset about, and(b) how they want...
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