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junk commented on the blog post A Programming Note
Wow this is shocking news. I think you were one of the best bloggers out there DDay. Even if the “general new cycle” type of blogging has changed (though personally I don’t now what has changed) I think what you do is vital if there is even going to be a “blogosphere” on the left.
There are a slew of issues I don’t have to wade into the MSM to learn about when I can just read your work, and that means quite a lot. Your voice is one I know I can trust and can always come to, and I know I”m not alone. Who will ever fill the shoes you are leaving under your news desk?!
Well whatever you turn to, it better be as vital and wide-ranging as what you do now. And one more thing, FDL is losing DDay and yet keeping TBogg around? I certainly hope that isn’t a bad sign!
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junk commented on the blog post RIP Richard de Berry, AKA Southern Dragon
Though I never commented, I read Lakeside Diner religiously every day. His was a voice I greatly respected. RIP Southern Dragon, and my deepest condolences to all of his loved ones.
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junk commented on the diary post Polls and Occupy by Todd Gitlin.
Thanks for this Carol, but I don’t think those Obama voters who aren’t already disillusioned will ever see other than what they want to see.
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junk commented on the diary post Polls and Occupy by Todd Gitlin.
I think you are entirely correct and I didn’t mean to play down the level of oppression which in many ways is quite unprecedented. But I also don’t want to play down the instances throughout American history when state oppression has erupted into deadly violence either, though I agree that the state would definitely stoop [...]
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junk commented on the diary post Polls and Occupy by Todd Gitlin.
All I can say is that we must have done a really, really dreadful job of getting the message out and counteracting MSM propaganda.
I guess so because as a very interested and very sympathetic observer that’s not what I see. However, my reaction isn’t from what the media says, it is in reaction to what [...]
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junk commented on the diary post Polls and Occupy by Todd Gitlin.
And what is preventing “the rest of the country” from doing what you say they want and what you say is needed?
Who or what is standing in the way?
A lot of things, but I think you are just changing the subject.
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junk commented on the diary post Polls and Occupy by Todd Gitlin.
Perhaps Occupy was “never supposed to be a political movement”, and the whole point was really to show the country Occupy’s internal processes of “General Assemblies, Affinity Groups, Working Groups, informal alliances and so on.” But unfortunately the rest of the country was and is largely uninterested in that, and wanted something that would wrest [...]
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junk commented on the diary post Polls and Occupy by Todd Gitlin.
I think the first thing that needs to happen in order to figure out what went wrong is to stop blaming the media, the Democrats, etc. This needs to happen because it does no good. The politicians and the media figures are externalities that can’t be changed. If Occupy, or whatever replaces it, cannot grow [...]
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junk commented on the diary post A Tea Party Congressman Representing Seattle? It’s Possible After Liberal Attack Ad Against Fellow Democrat by John Wright.
Who is making it easier for a teabagger to get elected? The liberal group or the party machine who insists that a corporatist Democrat must be the candidate? DelBene isn’t the kind of Democrat anyone should support, if the Democrats can’t elect someone who will represent more than just corporate interests then f’em.
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junk commented on the blog post The Sneering Reaction by Media to Assange’s Asylum Request
What is in the supposed indictment from the grand jury? He could be accused of espionage in the service of the enemy, then he could be executed. This happened many times, for instance, during WWII.
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junk commented on the blog post Sunday Late Night: Lurkers, Please De-Cloak
I’m a very frequent daily reader, but a very rare commenter. The FDL news and views are top notch. I am a member and will remain so for the foreseeable future. What you have going here is important, vital even, and deserves all the support it can get.
I do enjoy reading through the comments and often get a second point insightful of view on a subject, or third or fourth, etc. And even though I don’t participate I really like the sense of community here.
The only quibble I have about coming to FDL is it could be easier to find things, but perhaps that’s just me!
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junk commented on the blog post Massive Protests Likely to Undermine the City of Chicago’s Spin on NATO/G8 Meetings
Gods that is an inspiring post, I hope 50,000 is the sheer lowest of the low ball ball of estimates. After what seemed like a shearing off of the globalization protest movement after 9/11, could it really be time for it to rematerialize? And not only that, but come back bigger, more persistent, and with a better plan?
In the face of Rahm’s threat of lockdown, this is kind of response is called for, and truly heady stuff. Though I wouldn’t be able to make such a protest, I’d definitely put whatever resources I can muster where my mouth is.
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junk commented on the blog post Governor Chris Gregoire Announces in Powerful Speech That She is Personally Introducing a Marriage Equality Bill
Well maybe Gregoire has been good on LGBT issues, but she’s done so poorly on non-LGBT issues this doesn’t make her any kind of saint. Let’s face it, even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
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junk commented on the blog post Governor Chris Gregoire Announces in Powerful Speech That She is Personally Introducing a Marriage Equality Bill
You are right SixGill, she has been a great Republican governor, as was Locke before her. In my opinion she wants this to go down as her legacy because let’s face it, history won’t remember her well unless she does something big now.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad she’s doing it and will support he effort to get it passed. But she has made a lot of horrid decisions as governor that I would never forgive, and will never forget.
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junk commented on the blog post Attention Whore Seeks Same
Feh. Next.
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junk commented on the blog post Attention Whore Seeks Same
A student of fascism for your entire life? Then you must be like what, four?
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junk commented on the blog post Attention Whore Seeks Same
Why Nader inspires these little “two minutes of hate” sessions is lost on me. Nader truly is the Emmanuel Goldstein of Democratic party boosters. They cling to “Blame Nader!” so tight that it seems like they would simply snap if they didn’t have Nader to blame for the Democrat’s 2000 Presidential loss.
How so many adults who seem perfectly rational in every other regard can clinging to such a child-like and one-dimensional view of the 2000 Presidential race, even after 11 years of reflection, really proves the power of propaganda.
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junk commented on the blog post Attention Whore Seeks Same
Tobogg a frothing nader hater? I truly never would’ve guessed. Let’s keep fighting political battles from a decade ago, sounds like a winning cause for the left.
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junk commented on the blog post #WeAreAllFirebaggersNow
This is all so precious. We are all Firebaggers now! Jane, if you are listening, you should be printing Firebagger t-shirts. I know I’d wear one.
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junk commented on the blog post The Anarcho-Rightists
No, the style of protest is where the problem lies. For 25 years I’ve listened to leftists accurately describe the symptoms our sickly society is ailing from, but never have I heard one describe the cure, only go on about protest, writing letters, and every other thoroughly ignorable tactic. No, the problem is the left just doesn’t want to win as much as the right does, because for most of us we can only win if it is done fairly, or with a smile on our face, or some other dumb hippy crap.
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