Attention Daily Kos Alumnae
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Daily Kos community here at caucus99percent, I am writing this as an important message to you.
The way things are going over there on the Kos, we may well be facing an oncoming problem: I fear Kos may be considering making DK into a Third Way/DLC site rather than the progressive, "storm the gates" type of Democratic site it grew up as. He's already called anyone who questions Hillary Clinton's ability to defeat Donald Trump in the general election "fucking morons" (Diary text here) and the timeouts and banhammers have been falling hard and fast on the side of the Bernie supporters.
I HAVE A REQUEST FOR YOU.
Please get to know the "ropes" of this site, caucus99percent, like the back of your hand. Should my worst fears be realized, and all non-conservas and those of us who aren't reliable acolytes of the Church of Limousine Political Correctness get hurled out into utter darkness, they will be coming here to seek the community and the refuge that is theirs by right as thinking human beings. In many cases they'll need a little help making the transition, especially if they never used DK version 4. So let's be ready to pitch in and assist if necessary.
Because I fear it may well become necessary.
Thank you all,
Sean McCullough (thanatokephaloides)
Colorado Springs, CO
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Dangerous facts
Careful where you paste that, you might hurt someone!!
prog - weirdo | dog - woof
Hillary fans on GOS
are actively seeking an echo chamber now.
They are already beyond logical, cogent arguments.
Just wait until the first state-by-state delegate poll count comes out and she's behind. They will freak!
And then they will blame Sanders supporters.
Doesn't look like a Sanders effect to me
Back in July 2014
Markos posted a diary in which he told us to forget Elizabeth Warren and then he declared that Hillary Clinton was the Democratic nominee. This was nearly one year before Hillary formally declared. I guess that was to give her more time to pad her bulging bank account courtesy of her sugar daddies in the banking, health care, and pharmaceutical industries among others.
At that time, I posted a comment on his diary stating that Clinton's unfavorables in the summer of 2014 were already in the 40's and would in all probability continue to rise. With unfavorables that high, she would not have much room to grow her candidacy in the general election so the Democrats should be very careful about putting all their eggs in the Clinton basket. I am too lazy to search that comment again, but I did search and use it several times over the last several months.
If the Republicans fail to derail Trump, which I believe they are now powerless to do so, and Clinton gets the Democratic nod, Trump will bully, bluster and bulldoze her. She is not good on her feet and as she is countering one attack, he will launching several more. She is the worst candidate that the Dems could run against Trump.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
Which is why I'm not sure
why Bernie wasted so much time and so many resources down there.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
assume Hillary wins big today and it's over...
it guarantees that for many years the Dem nomination will go to the candidate with the best Southern Strategy. A frightening concept!
First and foremost it means we'll either have Clinton
or Trump for President the next four years. Pretty depressing if you ask me. But then again, like I've been saying, it presents an opportunity. We just have to act on it.
My answer to the "Southern Strategy"
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVRxdPWV3RM width:420 height:315]
-- Neil Young
And it's not over. Not until after California has had her say.
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
I thought the 'BAR' piece said it well, that
with all their leverage, the AA Community doesn't appear to be interested in accountability, so much as protection from Republicans. (The piece was posted here a couple of night ago, don't remember where.)
I just heard yesterday, that although AAs only make up approximately 13% of the US population, they comprise one quarter of the Dem Party Base. IOW, they have the potential to exercise impressive power, and could move the Dem party in a more progressive direction, if they wanted to do so.
BTW, FSC just won Arkansas (according to Wolf).
Where's my cryin' towel?
Mollie
elinkarlsson@WordPress
“If a dog won’t come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.”-- Woodrow Wilson
Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
FSC?
Not to seem unfriendly, but.... "FSC"? Are we talking about Hillary Reagan Clinton here?
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
FSC = Former Secretary Clinton. Two reasons for my acronym--
don't want to be accused of being disrespectful of her, even though I disagree with her neoliberal policies, etc., and, it probably isn't as easily picked up by search engines (as HRC).
I thought about clarifying it, since we had quite a number of newbies here, today.
My bad!
Noticed you're from Colorado Springs--are you, by any chance, familiar with the National Mill Dog Rescue, and Lily Strader?
Here's a photo of the little Italian Greyhound, in whose name the organization was founded a few years ago.
[Photo Credit: http://milldogrescue.org/, About Lily, National Mill Dog Rescue]
Definitely, one of our favorite charities, and most deserving of support!
(Postscript: Lily had to be euthanized after only about 14 months with the Straders, due to terminal facial cancer.)
Mollie
elinkarlsson@WordPress
"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."--Will Rogers
Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
National Mill Dog Rescue
I am indeed. NMDR is an excellent animal charity, and Lily was one wonderful woozle who deserved better than she got. Thank Cat for Theresa showing up and giving Lily at least some life.
Hearing about puppy mills -- and "Ag-Gag" laws which protect them -- pisses me off to no end!
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
Hey, thanks for the affirmation relating to NMDR, Sean--
it's good to know that we weren't 'duped.'
Seriously, before we made the first contribution, I did a little checking on the organization, and it 'seemed to be' top notch.
If there is a Heaven, there'd have to be a place reserved for Theresa and Rich Strader. I'm considering creating a macro for (yet another!) signature line, to include a thumbnail photo of Lily, with the organization's website url--in hopes of getting the word out about them, and their mission.
Have a good one.
Mollie
elinkarlsson@WordPress
"I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive."
----Gilda Radner, Comedienne
Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
It is her southern drawl ...
I also can't stand that gaping hole in her face. Somebody needs to put a mirror in front of her. She's always got her mouth open - wide...finger pointing as if lasers will shine from her eyes, mouth and finger tips.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
Her body language is awful
When she met with BLM in New Hampshire, she started out okay but when Julius Jones confronted her for not answering his question, her body language became aggressive and hostile with a lot of finger pointing while she raised her voice and talked down to him. Whenever I see that video, it actually makes me very uncomfortable to watch because of her body language.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
I keep pointing that out. to
I keep pointing that out. to no avail. She wins the nomination in states that are going red in the general.
brainwrap has a diary up on this...
According to him, no one can say that Hillary only won the states that will vote red anyway. I haven't read it. I can't take him. I watched him operate at NN14 in Detroit. He blogs with Eclectablog. Eclectablog was knocking himself out to be a good resource for all of the visitors to Detroit. Brainwrap was so busy sucking up to Kos and crew, it was a huge yuk. After that event, I was done with him.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
Such obvious turd polishing...
It's really pretty pathetic how certain members have been using their status to actively silence opposition.
Arguing against an argument by saying the argument is invalid because the argument is ... Uh... Well just mean poopy headedness!
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
+1 for
the use of the words "poopy headedness."
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
They like being authoritarian as if it makes them right
They think it makes them sound smart.
Don't say that! they tell us....because it's true. It makes sense to say "I disagree" but this "oh you're naive" business shows they're empty.
But I do agree it's terrible that people of color are being thrown under the bus. Cornel West, Killer Mike, et al
brainwrap bugs me
He said at one point a few months back (can't remember when) that he was upset that one of his diaries had gotten dogpiled on and he made a statement saying he was going to stay out of the fray until the primaries were over.
I noticed yesterday that he had posted a new diary: UPDATE: Please stop with the "Hillary only winning red states that we'll lose in November" crap?
Guess that didn't last long.
-7.38, -8.87
Yep, that's the diary I was talking about. eom
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
I have been saying this
for a long time about Clinton's vulnerability. The problem is that the Hillaryites think that the youth vote, the independents, and the very disaffected left will automatically switch from Sanders and vote for her. My take has been that a significant portion of those voters will opt out or vote third party. A vote not cast is a the same as a vote lost to the opposition.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
Yeah I had the same thoughts-
Yeah I had the same thoughts--whose base looked more like the *national* electorate. That is why, I think, a Hillary nomination won't fare well in the fall.
Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice. -H. L. Mencken
A country without a memory is a country of madmen.-George Santayana
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailments of all republics. --Plutarch
The reason kos has to get into name-calling to make his point
is because he knows that his argument is weak and made up mostly of bullshit.
And besides that he has the character of a 12-year-old schoolyard bully.
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
Are we only welcoming females?
Alumnae is female, plural. I think you want Alumni.
Democrats, we tried to warn you. How is that guilt and shame working out?
alums
Alumni is male (only), plural.
In cases like this, when there's no single term covering both genders, I alternate 'em. It was the ladies' turn this time.
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
Alums. Also a brand of styptic pencil ;-)
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
I kind of like the female thing
And a lot of men would be humanized by being women for awhile.
"the Democratic Party is not 'left'." -- Sabrina Salvati
Too Late. Been doing childcare for over 8 years now.
If you ever want to feel feminized, try being a single dad.
Condescension, ridicule, and not being taken seriously by men are the rule of the day.
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
You do know --
that your comment reinforces my point about men being sorely in need of being humanized.
"the Democratic Party is not 'left'." -- Sabrina Salvati
Was intended to...
Apologies if it came off as minimizing your point.
Was attempting in a ham-fisted way to show a bit of sympathy. (Not the first time I've failed miserably...)
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
I do live in home care for
I do live in home care for two demanding seniors five days a week. My GF thinks I am weird because I am "so understanding" of her desire to stay home with our kid instead of at least working part time, she doesn't seem to get that I have some clue how hard the job she has is. I even get two days off, she won't be getting much time off for the next twenty or so years.
You are not prepared-Illidan
Welcome to c99p, kellary...
make yourself at home. Thanks for posting and enjoy your stay.
Oh wow
I think seniors are worse than kids. Both require patience, but seniors are even cute like kids. I can say that after having three different parents come to live with me and pass from my home with all of their multiple caregivers.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
Bring on the Alumnae
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
Wow this is great
Welcome aboard progdog and Mass Southpaw!
Great to see you both here at C99!
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
Another DKos refuge
Hi All,
I am another DKos refuge who saw the writing on the wall when Kos told everyone how he just made a lot of money selling off his stock in VOX, how he enjoyed working with the people who were his enemies and, he wanted to be transparent about it lest people thought he sold out.
The last straw for me was his calling Sanders supporters "fucking morons".
Kos like Hillary are prime examples of what is wrong with our corrupt system. People valuing paper and numbers over human life and the planet.
I plan on staying fully away from DKos now that I have found a place that shares my values and might be able to help me push forward political ideas I have that might help us all, too.
Welcome BrutallyHonest...
glad to have you here. You'll find most if not all here share your sentiments. Hope to hear more from you. Thanks for registering.
Yeah more refugees....
Welcome. Please make yourself at home. We welcome all escapees.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
“The Kos-shank Redemption”? Welcome, all, to Zihuatanejo. n/t
Kos-shank
redemption....lol
Well, we were certainly given the nice, cold shank, slipped between the ribs and twisted by the great and powerful kOz in that 'fucking morons' statement. He does not lose gracefully- kicking and throwing a spitting tantrum is not the way to grow your site. But, as some here have opined, if he's gone all in with the DNC/Clinton machine, I imagine he'll be weeping all the way to the bank anyways. So sad you're gone, Sanderistas, thanks for all the material you've left here, and for putting my kids through college.
Pffft
"When the powerless are shut out of the media, we will make the media irrelevant" ~Anonymous~
Welcome BrutallyHonest!
Pull up a chair and stay awhile!
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
what's #%$&&^ing moronic...
is putting Republicans on the front page all the time. The Dems have had nothing but losses since 2008 and I think it's because they didn't follow the Democratic agenda (as outlined in the 2008 platform) but instead stupidly thought that the anti-Bush talk that was successful in 2006 and 2008 was the way to continue. It's as if they didn't realize they'd actually won. By fighting the previous fight and ignoring the present they showed themselves to be $#^%ing moronic. Now Markos sees himself as a power broker so he looks to those clowns for guidance. He's a pawn and he's too stupid to know it.
Or, alternatively, and probably more likely, they just want power and have no interest in issues.
Ding Ding Ding
"Or, alternatively, and probably more likely, they just want power and have no interest in issues."
Thats the real reason. Platitudes to the masses, riches for the establishment.
Kos gained political power from DailyKos, which he used as leverage to gain wealth now. He doesn't need progressives anymore. He sold us a book and his brand and now he can tell us to go F our selves. I bring this up because its exactly how everyone in the Democratic establishment operate. Just like Hillary Clinton does.
The sociopathy of plutocracy
It's about leaving everything behind, your social circles and beliefs, the things that made you an exceptional individual, so you aren't perceived as a threat to those who let you "in". Refusal to change would have ensured his eventual ostracism.
prog - weirdo | dog - woof
Deep and troublesome
I always thought of our issue as one of sociopaths vs the rest of us. 12 Million Americans Are Sociopaths
It has long felt like we have been living in a world where Sociopathic values are accepted, a world more like DC comics Earth 3.
For those who are not comic nerds Earth 3 was an alternate reality where:
Earth 3 Description
I do not want to live in this type of world any longer. I truly hope Sanders wins.
He most likely won't
but there are multitudes of people globally who do not want to live in this type of world. Take heart Brutally Honest this is just the beginning even if Bernie loses. We us people everywhere will stop this shit. It's a drag but we will prevail. Bernie would not have made it this far if people of good spirit were not aware and courageous enough to buck the status quo and the global bloody killing oligarchy that says they rule the world and all resistance is futile.
I agree and I don't even like Bernie that much!
They talk about lesser evil but that doesn't move me at all. Evil is evil, whether it's Trump, Obama, Bush, Reagan, Clinton or the other Clinton. So no thanks.
I think Bernie's messed up on foreign policy but he's close enough to an actual thinking person that I'm rooting for him to win.
Thanks for bringing Markos'
Thanks for bringing Markos' comment to my attention, otherwise I would have missed it.
Considering that fully 2/3 of DKOS is for Sanders, or at least it used to be, I can't keep up with all the flags and the bannings, the mass delusion of the Hillary supporters is truly frightening, it's tribalism, but with no perks. I can't believe that the majority of posters are in the $250K and up stratum.
I still haven't heard of a valid reason to vote for Hillary other than "because". She is a horrible person and a horrible candidate. I prefer Trump to her.
Clinton vs. Trump
Isn't it great to be able to say such a thing without fear of the oncoming banhammer?
Now, Trump sucks as a national leader for a variety of reasons; I rather look upon a Clinton-Trump general election slate as a Hobson's choice like "would you rather die by electrocution or explosion?".
I think the kitteh in your avatar pic would make a better President than either one of them. I know either of the kittehs I live with would!
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
Relief is one of the first things refuges feel here.
At 99%, nobody puts baby into a corner.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
One of the nicer things about this place...
I haven't found a single person who talks DOWN to others.
Nothing annoys me more than wanna-bee pundits who think their opinion is the only one that matters and if you don't listen you are a "Fucking Moron".
Love the fact that there's an open dialogue and HONEST open disagreement.
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
Clinton or Trump
Is like cigarettes or heroin. They'll both kill you. One just takes longer. Why not go for the quick and euphoric death?
roll of the dice
I honestly have no idea what would happen if Trump were President. I would prefer him to Cruz or Rubio though. As for Hillary, I know what I'd get and I have no intention of voting for her ever. We would definitely have more war, and we would likely see the deliberate erosion of SS and Medicare as part of some grand bargain with the Republicans.
I won't lend my vote or support to either of them. If and when Hillary officially gets the Dem nomination, I will reregister Pacific Green Party and never look back. Jill Stein suits me just fine.
If you don't know what you want, you deserve what you get.
I told kos
Id be voting for Bernie or a woman.
I hadn't read all of it until now
Markos is a complete prick.
So, Kos has a nice new "THOU SHALT PANDER" Diary Up.
Which Kosplains how Bernie was doomed from the start because he didn't immediately ring kiss the requisite minority talking points and kowtow to the whims of identity politics.
FUCK him. I posted my Last Comment EVER there which consisted of Five Words.
"Pander OR Fail, Got It."
I fully expect it to be on the hiddens soon.
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
Oh man, and the BIG guns come out.
To rebut me with 2 comments. BIG Commenters too. (Although 2 recs too, so Looks like I'm not the only one pissed at Kos's Shit.)
"You Got Nothing"
And
"Why is it only Pandering when it's not directed at you?"
I am sorely tempted to go back but they don't DESERVE my response. Instead, I shall vent HERE:
Why are MY issues as a Bisexual man and a War Veteran expected to take a back seat to those of skin color? I don't play Victim Poker, but you sure as hell do! Does your RACIST agenda not accept that there are underlying issues that affect EVERYONE, regardless of how Hillary and her Surrogates attempt to divide the people? While Hillary and her surrogates DIVIDE and Conquer, the one percent gleefully skip to the bank. FUCK your identity politics. MLK must Weep, if the dead weep, to see his economic justice platform co-opted by a group of fools who cannot see beyond basic skin color.
Edit: And BBB essentially called me a racist. FUCK these people.
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
heh
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
Of course he called you a racist...
It's not exactly 11 dimensional chess. As far as the people who like bbb are concerned, you are a racist now.
prog - weirdo | dog - woof
For all practical purposes, Bridge Burned.
Feels good. Deleted the bookmark, cleared the cache...
Not even sure what my password was, honestly. Would have to spend time typing in all the ones I usually use... and it ain't worth the effort.
They certainly are doing their best to drive away anybody who doesn't subscribe to this hyper obsessive academic theory of how everybody's a racist/sexist, aren't they?
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
All white people are racists
I got told that on DKos several times this week.
It's not racism to stereotype white people, but it is racism to stereotype minorities. Didn't you know that?
Ah, but talk of reverse racism means you're... A RACIST!
Back and forth, on and on, pretzel logic at it's worst. Makes my head hurt just thinking about it.
Just glad I found a place with people who are BETTER than that. Honestly, this place feels like that place used to. The lack of enforcement may have something to do with that. Authoritarians are usually pretty quiet when they don't have a stick to beat their opponents with.
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
Just in time too
Because DKos is getting really, really bad recently.
Hillary supporters are just about to totally take over.
I hope we continue to grow
more voices, more angles, more thought
I'm going to go back and re-read some of the works from the Age of Reason. It's amazing how easy it is to slip into the Dark Ages. Sometimes I feel like we're the Irish monks, keeping the classics alive. But if we grow...who knows?
this is an interesting comment
because the thought of humanity slipping into a second Dark Ages has crossed my mind and it is very frightening.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
Completely agreed on that one.
The instant they start burning the books is the instant that particular one starts running through my head.
They're already doing it in the middle east, and China had their turn last century.
I don't fear the ignorant, but I do fear the educated who want to destroy knowledge. One can be cured.
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
yeah, it's so dark out there in the Dark Ages, nobody
sees them ...
Which leads to
an echo chamber and renders the site pretty much irrelevant as far as politics. There are still some great activists there, so I am not about to lump them all in the coal bucket.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
coal bucket
I'm doing what I can to get them all lumped in our coal bucket!
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
Remember
The users here are the ones who own this place. We are self funded and JtC has graciously lent us his talents for now.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
the users run this blogsite
The original Diary was written to encourage the rest of us to take up some of the support so JtC doesn't have to do it all. This is straight from the FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) community, which does it just that way. Nearly ALL original Linux and BSD support is community-based.
Did you know: the Drupal software this site runs on is FOSS! (I knew I liked this place before; now that I know caucus99percent does FOSS, I like it even better!)
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
This site cost exactly...
$0.00 to build. The Drupal CMS software cost $0.00. The labor to build it cost $0.00. The web space is paid for by member contributions. I have mucho time off from work in the winter months so last winter I installed a local Drupal/Apache/MySQL platform on my home comp and taught myself the Drupal system. Eventually it morphed into the site we are all playing on now. I do the open thread on Sunday, I'm thinking of doing a rundown of the history of c99p this Sunday, some folks may find that interesting.
I think the manner in which this site came about and the fact that it's not owned and lorded over by an individual blogger per se is one of the prime attractions of c99p. It's kind of unique in that manner. It's by the 99% and for the 99%.
Once the primary is over and if Hillary wins,
every Bernie supporter better shut up and stay shut up. Any comment will immediately be flagged into oblivion. I pretty much don't comment over there unless I am in the BNR. That's a nice group too.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
pretzel logic
Why did the chicken cross the Möbius strip?
[video:https://youtu.be/DCTmd3NKyT0 width:560 height:315]
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
*2
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
The chicken crossed the mobius strip because it
wasn't a centrist.
Alternate answer: "to die, in the rain".
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
cannot see
"Will not", you mean.
Those Kossacks are educated, literate people. They could see if they were willing to.
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
They are basically conservative authoritarians
with a vested interest in being gate keepers for the 'oligarchical collectivists' . Regardless of their gender, race, age or whatever they do not want their boats rocked and willfully refuse to look at the anti-democratic nasty agenda they are protecting. Dopper has a piece up schooling Bernie's supporters about how to win black votes. I made it through until he started bad mouthing Cornell West. My take away was Bernie needs to learn to pander to the affluent old guard machine black Dems. leaders and not talk about a political revolution. All and all it seems like a variation on the Clintonist twisty talking points. I'm not buying it I'm a firm believer in 'don't follow leaders and watch the parking meters.'
Recent émigre here
I'm an unapologetic leftist, as I grew up believing in the ideals and priorities of the New Deal. I make no bones about that fact.
But DKos doesn't seem to be interested in hearing that we've lost our soul as a party, and that some of us would rather preserve our integrity in calling a spade a spade rather than succumb to the slow suffocation of identity politics and the "us vs. them" imbroglio.
I'm not done with that site quite yet. But a couple more primaries combined with the generally contentious tone of my diaries and comments might push me out of DKos' "reality-based community".
"What good is having the right to sit at a lunch counter if you can't afford to buy a hamburger?"
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Welcome to the Club
Stop by my open thread tomorrow AM. It could be entertaining.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
Will do, brother n/t
EDIT: Good gosh almighty Joe Friday this site has an edit button!
"What good is having the right to sit at a lunch counter if you can't afford to buy a hamburger?"
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Use it responsibly!
Hillary Clinton 2016: I'm a proud progmoderate!
LOL
I have yet to see it used in any way other than responsibly.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
Hey PhilJD
nice surprise to see you posting here. What a crowd. It's a great crowd at that.
Welcome BigRedBlackGuy...
from now on I'll abbreviate that t BRBG, cool? Make yourself at home, my friend. you'll find like company here.
Yes please! Don't type the whole username lol
Glad to be part of the family. I'll bring the brisket!
"What good is having the right to sit at a lunch counter if you can't afford to buy a hamburger?"
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ah, come on man...
it's supper time here, now I have to go out in the kitchen for a while! Great to have you here, BRBG.
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