Gone are the days of unity and a sense of purpose.  Gone are the days of comity and understanding.  Gone are the days of real compassion and real responsibility.  Gone are the days that unless the subject was sex you could pretty much believe what the president was saying.  I'm not going to claim that Iraq was the biggest disappointment of this presidency but a symptom of a much greater disappointment--a complete and utter lack of honesty and understanding with the American people  

More on the flip.

Today, we find ourselves teetering on the edge over the abortion debate (and many other "life" issues) again thanks to the President's opportunity to pack the court with right-wingers.  

An even more general and probably more important question, "Do Republicans understand 9/11?"

When you read this article, imagine that the dialogue is between the American people and the Republican party.  Isn't that what it's all about anyway?  It's not how the President screwed up the country it's how Republican policies have turned this country down a dangerous path.  

Kristen Breitweiser:

More on the other side.

Sen. Inhofe in today's Opposing View:

More important than A--Hat Inhofe's "view" is Our View--the world's view:

More on the flip

Imagine that...wingers lie.  HAHA!

From Media Matters for America:

First, let's try to start with a grounding in fact (or polls) ;)

It's important to remember that 75% of Americans consider themselves Christian.  The rest include those who are members of other faiths and those who consider themselves secular (a large chunk of the "others").  

Now, onto my opinion:

If Democrats can't speak of the faith that drives many of us to care for the poor, elderly, our children, and the environment then we cannot expect to expand our margins.

More on the flip.

We never pass that portion of the neighborhood except when we take the dog for a walk, so our answer was no.  Well, this lady had her car broken into and a laptop was stolen.  Being new to the neighborhood, she informed us that this neighborhood has had a couple instances like this in the past year.  

We had known of a burglary not too far down the road but we didn't think of our neighborhood as a bad one.  It is a very diverse neighborhood with a large number of African-American families where we see more young black kids then young white kids but we've never really thought much about it...except that my wife finds black kids especially cute.

More intrigue ;) on the flip.

This diary will self-destruct in 30 minutes.  If you all aren't in bed by then well...

I'm working a double. I have an excuse. Do you? No, blogging isn't an excuse.

Get some sleep people.  I need it and so to do you.

Get some good sleep so you'll have the energy to battle those evil Republicans and get your work done tomorrow ;)

Good night...to those who take this advice.  

Shhh....ease into bed now...don't wake up your partner...or dog...or if you don't have either, it's still a good idea to ease into bed.

Sweet dreams of dancing Reids rejoicing in a new Democratic majority....

Night

Update [2005-3-29 23:37:21 by mapKY]: I've decided not to delete this diary since there are people on the West Coast who will still need this message by the time I'm in bed.

The reason for my apology:

MSNBC has just posted on their website (7:15pm) this story with amazing and unbelievable claims--HERE.

So, the cable news channels have taken it hook, line, and sinker...I guess we can expect this turn in events to be the talk this weekend...

Most recently Delaware Dem in January and we know that dKos has grown so much since then.  So, for those of you who haven't taken the test before or don't remember exactly where you placed or you're new to the site and would like to see where you fall--go right ahead HERE.

I invite those that have taken the test and would like to share the findings again, please do so.  Hopefully, some veterans of dKos will volunteer their political compass score so we can make fun of their commie nature. ;)  

Here's mine:

Economic Left/Right: -5.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.95

Same side as Ghandi, Mandela and the Dalai Lama.

Slightly commie but spiritual about it?  Or just just a light honey glazed anarchist topping on my communist chicken?  

I know Kos is a big fan of Tivo'ing for his sci-fi addiction.  I am a big fan of using it to grab the Daily Show, Lost, West Wing, NOW, Frontline, and my wife's favorite (not really) Dog the Bounty Hunter.  

Everyone knows we need to be proactive about issues and drive the debate instead of playing defense all the time.  I propose that we make Tivo a wedge issue.  What do I mean by that?  Somehow we have to get Republicans to be against it.  That's where I need your help.  DVD players are everywhere and in my opinions DVRs should be the next DVD player.

More of this fascinating diary on the flip.

This is why we fight.  

We fight because there are people out there who believe in us and support us.  Who fought for our ideals when many of us didn't want to fight the shamefulness that was the Florida fiasco in 2000.  

We fight because unlike some of us their voices aren't always heard.  

We fight because we stand for something more than our own self interests.  

Of coarse if you are pro-life like myself and thought "OMG why would we he say something like that," you would have clicked on the AP Story and would have found what Dean actually said and is great news to Southern Democrats like myself:

So, for a couple months during school and throughout the summer I bussed tables during the week and worked third shift on the weekends.  Now, I only worked two to three third shifts a week, so my body never really adjusted but you do found a rhythm.  Everything you do you do with a purpose (if it's not already layed out for you) and you get a routine going.  Now, as I cover for one of my workers who quit for a better paying job I think about how painfully tired I will be from 8 to 4 (my normal shift) and wonder why we need this dreadful shift.

Example from the last two weeks:

4 emails from John Kerry

3 emails from John Edwards and One America Committee

4 from DNC

4 emails from DSCC(Sen. Reid, Sen. Schumer, Ann Lewis)

2 from DCCC (Rep. Emmanuel)

Got Conservatism?

Reminding people of how "conservative" their Republican presidents have been might help to ground people in their understanding of how President Bush and Republicans ultimately want to continue to help themselves (tax cuts, etc.) at the expense of younger generations.  Yeah, he says his SS reform "helps" younger workers but that depends on your definition of the word help.  If help means keeping people who turn out to vote at higher rates then young people happy at the expense of younger people--then he is helping young people.  See the Slate articlebelow if you haven't already.

I mean it's one thing to sell out the Democrats on every major issue since 2000 (and many times before) but to let Bush give you a big smooch...COME ON!!!  That's....just GAY!!!