Swiftboating Jill Carroll
Fri Apr 07, 2006 at 05:54:41 AM PDT
I have to say that I am just as disturbed as everyone else about how the RW media has been attacking Jill Carroll and questioning her story, but I think I had pretty much just tuned it all out, as I usually do. But today I received an email from a family member that just made me want to scream.
Email message copied below:
The 28th Amendment: Constitutional Right to Privacy
Mon Sep 12, 2005 at 01:06:40 PM PDT
I had originally posted this as a comment on the Judge Roberts confirmation diary, but there were a couple of good comments, and I thought a diary might expand that conversation further.
"Why not introduce a Constitutional Amendment adding the right to privacy?"
The entire comment plus some extra in the extended...
Meta-diary: Are you a gamer? w/ Poll
Thu Jul 21, 2005 at 12:07:53 PM PDT
With video games being a billion dollar industry, and efforts to censor/control the content of video games creeping more and more into politics (See Hillary and
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas) I thought it might be insteresting to see how many gamers we have on dKos.
Take the poll on the flip...
Bush: Still fishing for SS ideas
Thu Jun 23, 2005 at 12:59:46 PM PDT
Apparently, George Bush and the Republicans in Washington are running out of ideas for what to do about Social Security. In
article published today on Reuters website, George Bush blames Democrats, not for blocking his non-existent proposal, but for not putting forth their own.
If Bush wants to know what we stand for, let's let him know.
If I could make a floor speech...
Thu May 19, 2005 at 12:20:08 PM PDT
In all of the speeches on the floor of Senate this week about the filibuster, I think we're not singing the right tune to convince the Republicans to change their mind. If there's one thing the Republicans understand, it's fear; and we need to play to their basest fear: The fear of being ruled by Liberals.
If I had my fifteen minutes on the floor to address the Senate, I might say something like this:
Credit card companies put new bankruptcy law to use
Mon May 16, 2005 at 07:59:08 AM PDT
Armed with the new Bankruptcy law in hand, the credit card companies decided it was time to recoup some of their money.
A handful of major credit card companies decided to raise the minimum payment amount from 2% to 4%, essentially doubling Americans credit card payment amounts.
EPA Will Use Poor Kids As Guinea Pigs
Wed Nov 17, 2004 at 09:41:20 AM PDT
Pleas sign the petition
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), led by Bush appointees, is seeking input on a new proposed study in which infants in participating low income families will be monitored for health impacts as they undergo exposure to known toxic chemicals over the course of two years. The study entitled Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study (CHEERS) will look at how chemicals can be ingested, inhaled or absorbed by children ranging from babies to 3 years old.
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