What I'm thankful for

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Thursday November 26, 2009 · 8:00 AM PST

2009/11/26 · 08:00

So I saw a clip on the History Channel last night of George W. Bush pardoning a turkey. And, yes, he looked like an idiot. (Not the turkey, he looked totally normal and even relatively intelligent.)

It got me thinking about what I'm thankful for this year.

So below a short summary of what I'm thankful has been new this year.

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George W. Bush

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George W. Bush

Great President

4 votes

Greatest President

2 votes

Pass the turkey

13 votes

ZOMG!! Breaking!! More paid diarists uncovered!!

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Monday August 31, 2009 · 6:00 PM PDT

2009/08/31 · 18:00

OK, through intensive investigation I have uncovered MORE diarists who are PAID with MONEY.

This is apparently a VERY SERIOUS ISSUE and I await your thanks for my intrepid reporting. Please rec this very important journalist endeavor because I am, in fact, a poor, unpaid diarist and the only pay I will receive for this hard, hard work is your recs.

Please support this crusade as every slot we can take on the rec list is very, very important so that we can continue the cause of not having people dirty themselves with MONEY as they work on behalf of this goal. This goal, being, of course, to keep money out of all progressive politics and retain this as a completely volunteer effort (even if it means remaining completely disjointed and disorganized.)

Thank you. I will reveal these PAID diarists after the jump.

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Saturday July 25, 2009 · 8:58 AM PDT

2009/07/25 · 08:58

So we all know health insurance is a rip-off and one of the most disgusting government-backed thefts in history. But did you realize it's also the biggest rip-off in the ENTIRE UNIVERSE?? It's true.

Bigger than the Iraq war. Bigger than the biggest bailout. Bigger than the incident involving J'krl and the gorf-pod heist on Striveti 9. Indeed the biggest rip-off in the entire universe.

I only say this because of my last doctor appointment.

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Health care insurance

106 votes Vote Now!

Health care insurance

Big rip-off

16 votes

Biggest rip-off

90 votes

Newsflash: We ALREADY compromised on health care!!

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Wednesday June 17, 2009 · 2:34 PM PDT

2009/06/17 · 14:34

OK, this is going to be short and sweet, but I have to get it off my chest.

The nonsense about seeking "compromise" on health care reform has one really big problem attached to it: We ALREADY compromised. Hello? Am I the only who gets this??

Grrrr!

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Monday April 20, 2009 · 7:59 PM PDT

2009/04/20 · 19:59

OK, so, yeah, a lot of you are going to flame my ass. I get that. I know that. I can take it, it's OK.

The thing is, I think there's a whole aspect to this torture debate that you're not getting. And, really, I think it's THE point.

You see, many of us were hoping Barack Obama would go after the Bushies big-time and when he didn't we're playing Mr. Pissy-pants about it.

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Monday March 30, 2009 · 10:31 AM PDT

2009/03/30 · 10:31

Sometimes we need to raise our heads above the muck and ask ourselves "what is the real goal here?"

When we take a dispassionate view of the American industry, there are probably three key goals to retaining the American car industry.

Preserve high quality American jobs

Preserve manufacturing capacity for potential conversion to military or other emergency needs

Build high-quality vehicles that help us live our lives in car-dependent America

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Saturday March 07, 2009 · 8:59 AM PST

2009/03/07 · 08:59

Ugh

The official change to daylight-saving time occurs at 2 a.m. Sunday, so don't forget. Nobody wants to be late to his or her Sunday brunch.

All right, listen up, Daylight Saving Time, I'm calling you out.

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Daylight Saving Time

163 votes Vote Now!

Daylight Saving Time

Time to end it

79 votes

Leave it as-is, I love changing my clocks all the damn time

18 votes

Let's double it

15 votes

Just pick a time and stick with it, for gawd's sake!!

51 votes

It's "its" not "it's" -- Updated

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Sunday December 14, 2008 · 7:25 AM PST

2008/12/14 · 07:25

As a general rule, I don't nitpick people's grammar. I can almost guarantee there will be some misspellings and grammar errors in this very post.
I don't edit my friends' IM messages and I don't reply to their emails with a bunch of corrections.
I don't leave comments picking on blog posts or Facebook statuses for incorrect grammar.

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It's or Its

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It's or Its

It's

13 votes

Its

39 votes

Its'

16 votes

Shock Doctrine: How Obama can deliver single-payer health care

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Monday September 29, 2008 · 9:13 AM PDT

2008/09/29 · 09:13

There's been a lot of hang-wringing over the $700 billion giveaway to Wall Street. The main thrust of this worrying from the left has been that it hamstrings Obama, if elected, from accomplishing his many stated goals. This includes from Markos: "And since half the money will be disbursed before the Obama Administration takes over, that's $350 billion that will be distributed to Bush's friends before the year is over, further stressing our nation's finances and hamstringing the Obama Administration."

Certainly nothing untrue about that, but what if we flip this around as we head into next year?

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Saturday August 30, 2008 · 7:05 AM PDT

2008/08/30 · 07:05

Hillary Clinton must be incensed about the Palin nomination. Of all the aggravating elements of McCain's bizarre choice, the fact that what Hillary accomplished is being laughed at by the McCain campaign.

Now in full disclosure, I never supported Hillary's candidacy nor did I feel she was particularly qualified to be president. And while she certainly had a certain percentage of her fan base that only existed due to her high estrogen levels (let's be honest, folks), she also put together an amazingly strong organization and competed equally with the boys on the issues and her qualifications. While not the best choice for president in my opinion, I'm man enough to admit she beat every man but one and earned her place on the stage in Denver. No one can take that away from her.

Sure, you can say she only had a shot because her husband was president. Fine. But if her president/spouse had been a woman, then you'd have to say she had a shot only because of that prominence, not her vee-jay-jay specifically.

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Sarah Palin is best compared to:

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Sarah Palin is best compared to:

Hillary Clinton

3 votes

George W. Bush

7 votes

Clarence Thomas

26 votes

Dan Quayle

35 votes

Forget Fox News, it's the AP, stupid

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Tuesday August 26, 2008 · 10:00 PM PDT

2008/08/26 · 22:00

I started writing this diary several times and never quite thought it made the bar. But all this hubbub over the AP got me to thinking about this again.

Fox News is a problem. It's the point of the spear of the right-wing smear machine and a propaganda outlet for the Republican party. It's painful to watch and it's frustrating to watch them lie with inpunity.

But the AP, a once-proud organization that still provides a valuable service today, is much more dangerous and insidiuos. I'll say something nice, first: A lot of the reason we know about various incidents happening across the world is largely due to the AP. Because it's so pervasive and comprehensive, we have a tremendous access to information we wouldn't otherwise have. That's the good part.

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Thursday July 31, 2008 · 6:49 PM PDT

2008/07/31 · 18:49

OK, folks, time to put the remotes down and stop talking about Britney Spears. Get your game faces on, because this campaign is changing quickly.

The last few days have been consumed with accusations and then defense over whether Obama is a empty suit, a vacuous celebrity. The implication, of course, is that McCain is running the 2004 campaign again and try to make Obama into the east coast liberal snob Kerry became. The holy grail here is the critical "media narrative" needed to frame a candidate in so tightly there is no escape. Just ask Al Gore.

I've noticed a new media narrative being created that is much more dangerous than the "liberal effete" frame now being bantered about.

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What I'm thankful for

ZOMG!! Breaking!! More paid diarists uncovered!!

The biggest rip-off in the entire universe

Newsflash: We ALREADY compromised on health care!!

I can't believe I have to write this

How to REALLY fix the American car industry

Hey Daylight Saving Time -- I'm calling you out!

It's "its" not "it's" -- Updated

Shock Doctrine: How Obama can deliver single-payer health care

Sarah Palin insults Hillary's achievements

Forget Fox News, it's the AP, stupid

The OTHER building narrative