Let's Have Some Fun: Pick a New Name for the Republican Party:
*New Name for the Republican Party:[This is my 1st attempt (but not last) to publish a "diary" here, so I hope it works]The current name for the Republican Party doesn't really have much meaning or...
View ArticleQuestioning Patriotism
Questioning PatriotismI question the patriotism of...rich people unwilling to pay higher taxes while so many fellow Americans are struggling to survive in this economyrich people unwilling to pay...
View ArticleCorporate Corruption of Our Democracy
In my opinion, there are 3 huge, long-festering, potentially catastrophic challenges to our nation that stand out above a number of other serious problems we face: climate change & environmental...
View ArticleStrategies to Confront the Climate Change Catastrophe
The very things causing climate change are also causing many other environmental ills – air & water pollution, ocean acidification, deforestation, desertification, poisons in the food chain, animal...
View ArticleStrategies for Dividing the Republican Party
Both the Democrats & the Republicans are essentially coalition parties, since they’re each made up of several different interest groups, which might in other countries have their own separate...
View ArticlePolitical Ads Democrats Should Make about Republicans
Lately I've read quite a few interesting diaries on KOS, such as the contrast between policies & actions during Reagan's administration compared to Obama's; the contrast in number of Americans...
View ArticleSome Sensible Extreme (in Our Current Environment) Positions
Republican conservatives learned long ago to keep on pushing for what they really wanted rather than what they thought they could get in the current environment. At the beginning these extreme ideas...
View ArticleRidding Our Nation of Kochroach Infestations
There are many people in the world who are guided by hate, cruelty & greed and those of us who are guided by love, kindness & generosity are struggling just to keep even with these people, let...
View Article"Polite White" declares war on "Jinny/Butch"&"Bantu" Democrats
Here is what I, along with many others at my university, received in our e-mail today. While I have no idea what much of this stands for, I understand enough to recognize that this comes from a...
View ArticleTriggers to Global Warming
Here are some of the possible triggers of global warming. At what point they might occur, scientists are not sure.1) Melting of the Greenland icecap: causing rising sea, more free water (dark, so...
View ArticleEnvironmental Messaging
I have had a long debate with a colleague who is a skeptic about anthropogenic climate change. We’ve been going back & forth about it for months. She’s bright, seems to be generally concerned...
View ArticleShould Hillary Be the 2016 Democratic Nominee for President?
There has been much talk about Hillary Clinton being the inevitable Democratic nominee, unbeatable not only in the primary but also in the general election, and if Democrats know what’s good for them,...
View ArticleGod Said
There is an excellent song by a highly underrated singer, which I would love for just the tune, that really says in a very effective way about how many people & organizations misuse the word of...
View Article"God Said"
There is an excellent song by a highly underrated singer, which I would love for just the tune, that really says in a very effective way about how many people & organizations misuse the word of...
View ArticleRepublicans Much Better at Messaging
Republicans have really nothing to show to say they are better than the Democrats at anything positive for the American people. On every single issue I can think of, the Republicans have been less...
View ArticleDemocrats Are a Cinch to Win in 2016... or Are They?
I see the Democratic failure this year as 1 more reaffirmation that timidity & ignoring your party’s ideals or running away from the leader of your party, especially one who is president, will not...
View ArticleInjecting Logic into the Case of Brown vs. Wilson
There’s been disputes about what happened at almost every step of the confrontation between Michael Brown & Darren Wilson. A big deal has been made about the distance Brown was from Wilson when he...
View ArticleConsuming vs. Preserving Our Resources
Here is one aspect of resource extraction vs. climate & environmental destabilization I don’t understand why nobody is focused on: preserving resources. Keeping resources for the future rather...
View ArticleWhy Bernie Sanders Should Run in the Primaries as a ... Get This... a Republican
Right now Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is seriously considering whether to run for US President, & if he does, whether to run as an Independent, which he has been up until now, or as a...
View ArticleDid Nader cost Gore the 2000 presidency?
I just posted a response to a comment that practically nobody will see, except perhaps the commenter. Since it was long & was in reference to persistent claims that Nader is to blame for Gore not...
View Article"GOP Dream Team" for 2016
The following was written by a Tea Party cheerleader named Wayne Allyn Root. You may wonder about his grasp of reality, but can you imagine the state of our country after 4 years of an administration...
View ArticleArguing against Climate Denialism Using Logic
There is a logical argument I’ve been using very successfully against people who question or deny anthropogenic climate change, also known as global warming, climate instability, climate chaos & a...
View ArticleLiberals Making Common Cause with Libertarians
Here is something that was embedded in a previous diary I wrote over a year ago, perhaps the one on how we need to elect someone like Bernie Sanders as our president next time, but more likely the one...
View ArticleIntraparty & Interparty Debates
A couple months ago I sent a letter to Bernie Sanders urging him to enter the Republican primary because I wanted him to have a chance to debate & school the Republican candidates & get his...
View ArticleGreatest Crime against Humanity AND against Nature in History
You may have come across this article recently: http://www.ucsusa.org/... uncovering evidence to show that fossil fuel companies knew as far back as 1982 that their products & activities were...
View ArticleWorst US Presidents Since 1900
I’ve been giving a lot of thought to this for a while, & thought it might stimulate some discussion.Who have been the worst presidents since the beginning of the 20th Century? 1) George W Bush:...
View ArticleObama's Speech Rejecting Keystone
This is a really effective speech of the kind that Democrats everywhere should run on. Obama perfectly timed this decision in advance of the UN climate talks in Paris. It also happens to come...
View ArticleOctober Hottest Month Ever
The NOAA just confirmed that last month (October 2015) surpassed the monthly temperature mean by the greatest amount ever — it’s not even close — nearly 1 full degree Celsius, which is 2/3 of the way...
View ArticleWhy the Democrats Need Bernie to Win the White House & Congress
The reasons why we should want Bernie Sanders as our president are innumerable, including his knack for identifying the most important issues of our time, coming up with innovative solutions, including...
View ArticleVote Republican
If you want government agencies to be underfunded, vote RepublicanIf you like government shutdowns & debt crises, vote RepublicanIf you want government to fail, vote RepublicanIf you want to double...
View ArticleFDR or Hitler? The Choice Is Up to Us
I think it needs to be made perfectly clear to everyone. The situation today is very much as it was in the late '20s, when we had extreme wealth disparity & were on the verge of a great depression,...
View ArticleLook at these polls!
Look at these polls:2016 Democratic Presidential NominationThe Atlantic/PRRIClinton 46, Sanders 47Sanders +1General Election: Trump vs. ClintonMcClatchy/MaristClinton 50, Trump 41 Clinton +9General...
View ArticleIs anybody here on a political polling team, especially someone who could...
If so, I was wondering if you could conduct a particular poll nationwide that I wish someone would do, but I haven’t seen so far, even though it seems so obvious to me that it should be done.Propose...
View ArticleOpen Letter to the KOS Administration
I mistakenly believed that I along with hundreds of other readers, who recommended a diary by Sean Robertson posting a “confession” by a supposed former paid troll for the Clinton campaign, that I must...
View ArticleHow Superdelegates Can Save the Democratic Party
The Democrats need to come to a critical decision about whom to nominate for their party. The superdelegates have been much maligned this year, mainly as a way establishment Democrats can make sure...
View ArticlePlease Read This & Spread This Around: Especially to Your Congressmen
...but it can, & is already well underway. I think this is a very cogent analysis of what is happening & what the Trump & Bannon plan to do: all actions & signs point to this. Please...
View ArticleVote Republican!
Below is a diary I wrote 3 ½ years ago, pre-Trump. I’ve been asked to repost it, so I’m obliging. If anything, it is even more applicable today, which I’m sure you will agree. At the bottom you get...
View ArticleYang Is Winning Me Over
Yang has impressed me from the beginning. I was amazed at how many issues he had plans for, & his innovative thinking. In the debates, I’ve been impressed with how direct, concise & to the...
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