Surely, deep down, Doc is really capable of understanding that someone who cherishes the life of anyone would be disposed to think it is wrong for anyone else to kill it. I can't really remember when Jesus starts slaughtering his enemies in the Book, but surely Doc can point it out for us all to be enlightened about the Iraq situation.
Call me heretic, but I think the best all-around christian ever existed was actually Gandhi, a hindu. That is so ironic, it makes you think about the differences between "religion" and "obligations".
(Sorry, I know he's trolling, just couldn't help myself)
That is a thorough priority for the next two years. State by state (especially swing ones), democrats need to put in place solid voting procedures. Request voter-verifiable paper trails. Request to make impossible to create exclusion lists in the year before the election. Request solid, clear and accountable processes for challengers. Organise quick media-response action groups like Moore did this year. SPEND LESS IN USELESS ADVERTISING AND PAY ACTIVISTS, so they can take time off to do all those "small" operations like keeping accurate lists of who votes what and where...
And Theresa, your single-post template still breaks on IE6 :P
(warning: I'm not American)
You should all stop whining, wae up and smell the coffee. The Reps are giving you excuses to get together and re-organise a decent movement, set your priorities straight and kick back. Should have Kerry been elected, you would have spent four years trying to justify a powerless president's actions, because of a strong republican Congress (keeping the ball rolling in Iraq; repeating the Clinton experience with healthcare plans; seeing environmental treaties being rejected; etc etc). Instead, you have the occasion to let them deal with their own mess, and start from scratch. You will see their policies rotting in their own hands, instead of in those of a Dem prez.
Forget the President, your target has to be the Congress first, because even Reagan was stopped by dem's majorities. It's harder, because to get there you have to pull out many coherent policies and many good politicians, not just to discuss about how good an old veteran punk looks on the media. It's harder, because to get there means first get control of all the "power centres" available, from the local school board to the state governor. How come Blue states have Red reps? How come the forever-blue California has a Red post-nazi governor? How come the swing states were all ruled by Reps? It's not Diebold's fault if incompetent (red) state administrations chose their machines, governors and local institutions are guilty -- and when were they elected? Certainly not behind your back.
Now the Left needs aggregation, needs people to come out from their homes, to talk about what to do with the country, and to choose the right men for the job -- not just the lesser evils. This year, your people came out yelling and screaming; now you have more time to get to know each other and understand how you can take the country back on a solid track. You have to draw clear lines. You have to choose what you want between hyper-global market "a la Clinton" or wisely FedGov-supported economy "a la FDR". You have to define your Promised Land. And believe me, when you will do that (because you will), we rest-of-the-civilized-world will follow you, as we did follow you in the sixties, and we will help.
Oh, and get a bloody candidate from the South ;)
You definately need to use Bayesian filtering, through the SpamAssassin module or a mail client like Mozilla Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/). After a bit of training, bayesian filtering rocks.
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