How to respond to my "conservative" father's forward
So much of my political life has been spent arguing with my ex-naval-officer, evangelical, fiscal conservative, father. My sisters like to say we're opposite but come around in the middle.. which is...
View ArticleObama Rally in Asheville, With Lots of Pictures!!
We didn't find out until Friday that Obama would be speaking, and though we we were already planning on going to Charlotte for Phil Lesh & Friends along with the Allman Brothers Band on Saturday,...
View Articlefrom the sidelines
My political history is fraught with change. My first conclusions, as a high school kid in the 90s, led me to the idea that less government is better. I listened to and read Rush Limbaugh, I cheered...
View ArticleGoogle Santorum (and Romney) and make them pay!
I did it - I Googled Santorum. After reading about Santorum's JFK comments I was looking for a Politico article I'd read the other day about his campaign complaining that he just wanted to talk economy...
View ArticleRyan VP Real World Reactions - a Senior Sample from FL
My wife's family has been in town the last couple of weeks from Florida. Living in the Progressive bubble that is Asheville, NC, they are my main connect to the Real World Mainstream American Swing...
View ArticleDetails matter! Obama ascii art in website's source
The barackobama.com website has a great design. As such, I was in a design meeting today for a new site design I'm working on and the designer had me go to their site to show me a few features they are...
View ArticleBeyond Tagg - Romney Bundlers Own the Voting Machine Company
The currently recommended diary "Willard's spawn buys voting machines" makes some great points on the dangers of private, proprietary voting machines and the recent news of Romney's son Tagg having an...
View ArticlePhish feels the Bern in their festival soundcheck
This is going to be a quick diary, but I wanted to share.. The seminal Vermont jamband Phish kicks off their latest megafestival this weekend in upstate new york and yesterday they performed their...
View ArticleRoger Waters (formerly of Pink Floyd) takes on Trump in Pigs (3 different...
x YouTube Video This song could have been written for the Republican Nominee and Roger Waters knows it. This was performed at Desert Trip Oct 16, 2016. Watch the full video — at the end he shows a...
View ArticleNo, Loser of the Popular Vote, we are not paid protestors
But we will protest you like it is our job. You have awakened us. People of peace and unity will come from every direction to protest and stand in your way. You really should not have picked a fight...
View ArticleOlbermann quotes John Dean "Difficult To Believe that There is NOT a grand...
Keith Olbermann, who I believe it is still permissible to cite around here has a new video out this morning after talking to a noted controversial Trump Russia Twitter guy. In it he states that he...
View Article"abolitionists lost every single SCOTUS case. every single one." - Dr....
I was feeling cynical and downtrodden with all of the news today, and out of nowhere my wife shared with me a link originally posted by my sister’s boyfriend. Posted by Dr. T’Chanda Prescod-Weinstein...
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