Yearly Kos Wallflowers II: Electric Boogaloo
Fri Jun 02, 2006 at 04:51:38 PM PDT
Or, to really run with the bad-'80s-sequel theme, it's time for
"Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise." I know, I know, we're wallflowers, not nerds. And Vegas ain't paradise (unless you're Bill Bennett). But I do love me some '80s.
Anyway, this is a follow-up to my diary from last month, Yearly Kos: Calling All Wallflowers!, for shy folks, solo flyers, lurkers or other not particularly prominent Kossacks, and anyone else who expressed interest in having someone to hang with at Yearly Kos. Others who might want to jump in: participants in mem from somerville's "Yearly Kos: Flying Solo" and "Flying Solo II, as well as joojooluv's "Wallflower at Yearly Kos". I thought maybe we could dive right in with a Happy Hour(s) on Thursday, and then take it from there.
Yearly Kos: Calling All Wallflowers!
Fri May 05, 2006 at 06:12:53 PM PDT
Hey, are you someone who never sat at the cool kids' table in high school? Have you posted fewer than ten diaries? Not part of the C&J crowd? Are you a lurker, a light commenter, a newbie, or anyone else who isn't particularly well-known here - but you're going to Yearly Kos anyway? Are you a little nervous that you're going to get to Vegas and not talk to another attendee for the entire four days? Well, I am.
On SCOTUS victories and damnable cowards
Wed Jul 20, 2005 at 08:02:04 PM PDT
This was a comment I made in both advisorjim's and stephdray's diaries that advisorjim suggested I turn into a diary itself. Be gentle; I almost NEVER do diaries.
On Roberts, Rove, and the liberal response:
I want to prove to the entire frickin' country that the Left Wing Noise Machine can raise its voice to within an octave or so of that of the Right Wing Noise Machine. If those idiots can be heard and can have an impact, the God knows we can be heard, and we can make an impact. And when I say "we," I mean us -- the netroots -- in conjunction with our more traditional media cohorts (AAR, The Nation, The American Prospect, TDS, Countdown, etc.) and with our interest groups (Sierra Club, unions, NARAL, NOW, NAACP, etc.). And when I say "in conjunction with," I mean "regardless of the particular issue upon which we are highlighting our disagreement with Judge Roberts, we will tie that specific disagreement into an overarching, consistent, concise theme about his -- and BushCo's -- overall disregard for the majority of Americans."
Loyalty to Veterans = Disloyalty to Republican Party
Fri Jan 07, 2005 at 12:40:09 PM PDT
[Note: This is my first diary. As I do not yet have a handle on all formatting tools or diary etiquette, I'm sure I'll break a rule or three, so please be gentle when you let me know. ;) ]
Republican leaders in the House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to strip Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ, 4th Dist.) of his chairmanship of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. This move, according to NJ's Star Ledger newspaper, was "prompted by the New Jersey lawmaker's failure to follow the party line and his insistence on increasing spending for veterans." Literally beloved by veterans' groups, many of which (Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, Paralyzed Veterans of American, Vietnam Veterans of America) immediately denounced his ouster, Smith also was dropped from the veterans committee entirely--an extremely rare move in Congress--from a seat he has held for 24 years.
The full text of today's article appears here.
