It could save your life (updated)
And when I say that, I say simply medical tests conducted in two areas of the body. The last two days have been extremely traumatic ones for me, and I know many more are coming. My better half...
View ArticleConversation With Neighbors
We all have them, the neighbors that are like the "redheaded step-children". You might know what I mean, and if not, I know I have described them in the past. I live in a more rural area, a redneck...
View ArticleA Mailman, Me & who is Glenn Beck?
So I will start with Glenn Beck...most Americans never heard of him, and never listen to him (including me, although I know his name). The majority also never listen to Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh,...
View ArticleFeeling Thirsty?
I don't offer many diaries here at DK, and this one may pass by unnoticed, and not well written; but I believe this is an important topic that all should consider. I will not be posting any...
View ArticleShutting Down The Internet
While shutting off internet access didn't phase the protests in Egypt, except perhaps to further inflame the people, my first thought was "Could it happen here?" Of course, for Egypt and its people,...
View ArticleAn Opinion: Did Romney Win?
I don't do diaries well, but I do pay attention. Tonight, I disregarded some serious local issues and tuned into the Presidential Debate.What I am offering below is a comment that I offered via an...
View ArticlePlausible deniability?
Today's "Guardian" has released even more information gained from Edward Snowden. This time, it discusses the USA funding UK intelligence operations.You can find the newest release...
View ArticleThe Least "Scary" Candidate
I tuned in a few nights ago when the "GOP" forum was held, with 14 of the "candidates" in attendance. I tuned in again tonight to the "Fox News" debate (if you wish to call it a debate), and I came...
View ArticlePolls: State or National
Pardon me for not reading daily, posting daily, being part of the "in-crowd", but I am around. I have this question, and it amounts to this...Are there any polls being conducted statewide or...
View ArticleAppealing to the "worst" of us...
Several months ago, when even the far reaches of those individuals running for the office of President from any party were barely on the minds of those who loosely pay attention, Donald Trump was the...
View ArticleWelcome to My World
This diary constitutes an email sent to my adult children this week. They are as “confused” as me, about the “state” of things and our “future”:As always, I still love you both. Please don't think...
View ArticleObamacare...
So, I have not been a huge fan of Obamacare, since its enactment, and this for many reasons. We can start with the fact that the first year it came into being, suddenly my "heath insurance" became my...
View ArticleSocialism...Scary Stuff
Socialism, or socialistic style programs have existed in our country, the USA for a good portion of the last 100 years, if not more when taken in total context. Two of the most important "programs"...
View ArticleHillary Clinton and Howard Dean
It saddens me to say this, but I think that Howard Dean has become a “hack”. I joined this very “blog” early on in support of Howard Dean. Dean himself the champion and beneficiary, if one would or...
View ArticleThe E-Mail Issue Is Important
Can we talk about this "email debacle" for a moment?I live in the "Sunshine State", which supposedly, at least in the past, had one of the most open public records available to the public (and even...
View ArticleObamaCare versus the Democratic Party
I am an "ObamaCare" victim. It is not that I didn't support Obama (I did support him, wholeheartedly in 2008 and half-heartedly in 2012), but his "insurance" reform is costing me more than I can...
View ArticleNo time to "Mourn"
So, Antonin Scalia died today. I am never one that wishes the poor health, poor circumstances, or death of anyone. Sometimes I do feel that "karma" is in order. I never believe that anyone is truly bad...
View ArticleThe "Electability" of things.
Every time I hear some media or political pundit argue that some candidate or another isn’t electable, I instantly begin to cringe. What this means to me, in terms of nominating a candidate for office...
View ArticleDon't "Caca Where you Eat"...
This was a “sort of” philosophy I heard back in the year 1983, my first year of working for my current employer from the senior partner at that time. It wasn’t offered in the context I am offering...
View ArticleIf you switch from GOP to Dem to run for Congress, and you are rich, the Dem...
Just as with Patrick Murphy, who switched from GOP to Dem to run for this seat, the Dem Party has chosen to support this just switched from GOP to Dem in support. Just like with Murphy, they chose to...
View ArticleFor What It's Worth
It seems, these days, that Daily Kos is no longer the “blog” I joined long ago. I say that with some trepidation, and without any expectation of returning here again for purposes of reading or...
View ArticleGrowth, Development Interests, and supposed "Jobs"
It was Howard Dean that propelled me to join this group, a lot of years ago. He also inspired me to donate funds I really couldn’t afford toward his campaign. When he “screamed out”, I still...
View ArticleJust a conversation....no bling, no images, no links...
So, today, I frequented a place as I do daily. As always, I run into old friends, old acquaintances and those who will become new “old acquaintances”, and some I have never run into before. Sometimes...
View ArticleA debate that seals the deal, or a debate that continues the divide and...
So, I watched, and I watched well beyond the 96 minutes or so, as I first watched on MSNBC and CNN, switching back and forth between them, and then at 8 p.m., tuned into C-Span. At 9:03, I turned on...
View ArticleTrump Said It...
Kaine repeated it, to the point of obnoxiousness. Just speaking as an average ordinary person, understanding what was on the table, I have to say that Tim Kaine was just rude tonight, continually...
View ArticleBill Clinton and "Obamacare"
www.cnn.com/…and me and Obamacare…www.dailykos.com/…I am sort of with Bill Clinton on calling Obamacare "the craziest thing in the world." It only made it worse for me, more expensive for me, to the...
View ArticleSnail mail is more "secure for liberty"?
I am one of those who thinks Snowden should be pardoned. On the other hand, despite what he revealed, the unconstitutional activities of our own government should truly come under review and be...
View ArticleHurricane Matthew: The Hype or the Reality
So, for the last full week, I have been watching local news about “Hurricane Matthew”. I live in South Florida. Yup, I have seen a lot of “storms” in my life, including the three I lived through in...
View ArticleWhat is Hillary Clinton offering that will make people Vote..
You know me by now. You don’t much like me; but here I am again. I am reading the “headlines” here on DailyKos and they are all about why Donald Trump is so bad. There is nothing offered here about...
View ArticleDaily Kos Needs a Reset
I tried, over and over again to tell you this election was in trouble. I told you as a “leftist” a “liberal” and an “American”. This site rejected me, banned me, and I had to write to even get to...
View ArticleAn interesting analysis on polling and statistics...
So, yesterday, I was listening to one station or another, and today I cannot tell you which it was (yes I read a lot, listen a lot, and read read, read), but I think it might have been NPR. The...
View ArticleThe Electoral College Versus the Popular Vote...
or, the number of representatives that would offer the true number of “electors”. This will not be some professorial debate about the founders’ intention, except to acknowledge their fear of direct...
View ArticleA Plan to Dismantle The Welfare State By AEI and Charles Murray
Every morning, for as long as I can, I tune into C-Span and their Washington Journal. It starts at 7 a.m. est, and runs until 10 a.m. est. Some mornings I cannot listen at all, other mornings I get...
View ArticleObamaCare vs TrumpCare - My Experience
I am an Obamacare beneficiary? victim? supporter? not an opponent? not a supporter?, but definitely not a "repeal" person. My small office was never required to offer health insurance, pre- or post-...
View ArticleIn Exurban America..Fighting Developers
I long ago posted here, way back when I was a Howard Dean supporter. It was because he represented “small”, “local”, and “activism”, and much more than that. As a tried and true liberal (not...
View ArticleFlorida and Andrew Gillum for Governor
I didn’t vote for Andrew Gillum. It wasn’t that I didn’t support his efforts, it was just that I liked all of them, except for Gwen Graham. I even liked her a bit, just because of her father, Bob...
View ArticleI don't support "Roe v Wade"
That is just a Supreme Court case, it is not my body. My body can no longer reproduce, so the “case” no longer applies, if it ever did. Even so, and even then, my body is my own. Did I own it...
View ArticleOverwhelmed
It isn’t that I am not interested, I scan news from multiple sources each and every day. On the other hand, every time I check my old email, it is filled with requests for money from organizations I...
View ArticleA life long friend has been lost politically
I have a very long time friend, going back to 1989. She started working at my firm right after I had my second daughter. She has always identified as a “democrat” and a “liberal”; but lately, with...
View ArticleAn Undecided
I don’t do all of that fancy stuff when I write, no images, no video, no audio. I just speak, and perhaps that is not welcome, not common, not inviting, worth even a look-see. First of all, in the...
View ArticleDid Rick Perry, attending inauguration for Ukraine president, secure huge...
I keep waiting for media to really dig deeper into this topic. I read months ago that Perry attended the inauguration, with energy execs at his side. IMHO, the Ukraine, at least for some, was...
View ArticleI live in Florida, love Bernie, but voting for "Mini" Mike...
As many in our country are interested in doing, I desire ousting Trump as President. I love Bernie, I simply don’t think he can do it. I wish our country were as liberal, and as “socialist” (that was...
View ArticleHow does one determine electability
I cannot point to anything in particular that says who can win and who cannot. There are media pundits, and polls, and media pundits, and people you know, and people you don’t know. I never imagined...
View ArticleI have a month in Florida, and I am back in undecided...
It is true, I keep vacillating. I know my vote is important, and I vote in every election, local, State, national. My favored candidate is Sanders, and I love both Sanders and Warren, while I have...
View ArticleIn Florida, for me it is Sanders, again!
It is 2020. I voted for Bernie in 2016. Back then, I loved Bernie, I didn’t feel Hillary could win, I noted that she couldn’t win here in many diaries, and was attacked quite a bit. I deleted some...
View ArticleJoe Biden will lose
He might win all of the primaries and caucuses, but just like Hillary Clinton, he will lose. Establishment candidates don’t appeal to the general public, they don’t drive people to the voting booth....
View ArticleThree things that make me happy tonight....
I didn’t need toilet paper, dog food, or hand sanitizer. It is a positive, because none of those things are available at my local Supermarket. It simply strikes me as incredible that people are...
View ArticleHow do you know you are a "redneck"?
I have been a Daily Kos member for a very long time. What does that say about me? I live in a, now, semi-rural community, and have lived here for 41 years. We are still called “exurban”, but the...
View ArticleHow do you know you are a Redneck...Part Two
So, I promised I would continue on, and I will try. Thank you for all of the bloggers who added all of their typical descriptions of what a “redneck” is, either from a joking point of view, or a...
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