I'm from the government and I'm here to help
On July 28, 1988, speaking to the Future Farmers of America, Ronald Reagan famously said:"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to...
View Article*BREAKING* Indiana SecState (R) Ineligible!
for voter fraud. Yup, voter fraud.From the Indy Star:Charlie White is ineligible to serve as Secretary of State and should be replaced by Democrat Vop Osili, the second-highest vote-getter in the...
View ArticleRape, Incest, and Relationships
Ray Sullivan, Rick Perry's Communication Director, had an interesting angle on Perry's new "transformation" (covered in other diaries HERE and HERE.I can't embed the MSNBC video, but you can find a...
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The newest in crazy Republican lawsuits
This one's a doozy, and I haven't seen anything about it anywhere.On March 1, 2012, Gregory Ackers, of Austin, Texas, filed a pro se Complaint in Federal Court in South Bend, Indiana, asking the Court...
View ArticleRIP Art Grindle
"I want to sell YOU a car!"Anybody who lived in Central Florida in the 1970s knows those words. As soon as they hear them, they picture a crazed man jumping on car hoods and tearing up price tags.The...
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The Bain punch-line
Mitt Romney says he was President of Bain Capital, but he's not responsible for anything that happened there. Mr. Romney, that may be how you acted as President of Bain, but if you want to be President...
View ArticleI have 1,000 $10 bills
I can give them to 1,000 hungry people or I can give them to 1 millionaire. Which choice puts the money back into the stream of commerce more quickly, creating more jobs and boosting the American...
View ArticleOUCH! That's gonna leave a mark!
By now, we all know Romney put his gilded foot in his mouth with this exchange:GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Is $100,000 middle income? MITT ROMNEY: No, middle income is $200,000 to $250,000 Everybody active...
View ArticleI'm an employee. I work for you!
The Republican version of the American Dream is a perverted vision, one where owners are successes and employees are the filth between your toes after a long hike through a swamp in ill-fitting boots....
View ArticleRead this linked diary
Look at my UID, 18522. I've been here since September, 2004. This is, I believe, the very first time I used a diary to recommend people go read another one. I've written more than 400 diaries and over...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS! 7th Circuit Rules for Planned Parenthood
Just breaking within the last hour. More to follow.
View Article"Just have the baby and put it up for adoption"
By now everybody knows Richard Mourdock said "even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that is something that God intended to happen." He never really apologized, though he tried to...
View ArticleMan breaks into Indiana Planned Parenthood
with an axe. It was done in the early hours of the morning and nobody was hurt. He destroyed equipment and facilities with axe and paint. This was done in the Bloomington Planned Parenthood.Why?Because...
View ArticleDaily Kos Work Bank
Not "Job Bank," but "Work Bank."Did you read If I don't get a Job this week, I'm homeless in June, by Jim P? I did. It was just the latest in a series of diaries from people suffering through today's...
View ArticleDaily Kos Work Bank - Help Wanted
(This is the second posting of what I hope will be a weekly Work Bank, created to help Kossacks help Kossacks, and get help when they need it. To see the original diary, as well as some people who need...
View ArticleReducing my own carbon footprint
I have an 18 mile commute, each way, every day. How can I reduce my own carbon footprint? I could get a higher-mileage car. Or perhaps even switch to an electric vehicle. Here in Indiana, electricity...
View ArticleWeekly Daily Kos Work Bank
This is the third week for the Work Bank. There is also a new group, Daily Kos Work Bank. Everybody is welcome join, those with work, and those looking for work. And now, on with the show. For my part,...
View ArticleCarbon Footprint Friday
What did you do this week to reduce your carbon footprint?I'm one of those terrible suburbanites. You know, the sort of people who live outside the "ring" around a city, drive in, work, then drive...
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