English as the Official language
I got a survey in the mail yesterday from a company called U.S. English (note the use of the .org extention despite being a lobbying group.) Basically they are asking for money to lobby for a few...
View ArticleTop Two Straw Poll
Lots of love for Gore and Feingold today. Taking the early leaders from the frontpage poll, who are your top two picks for 2008? It'll be interesting to see the second favorites among the supporters...
View ArticleThe Honest Speech Bush Should Give Today
My Fellow Americans, Today, America faces a new threat. A dictator from North Korea, Kim Jong Il, has just tested a nuclear weapon. This is a real and clear threat to Americans. This has happened on...
View ArticleThere Are No Hobbits, Senator Santorum
Just when you thought Santorum had totally gone off his hinges, POW, another one comes loose.From Salon:In an interview with the editorial board of the Bucks County Courier Times, embattled...
View ArticleReaching beyond dKos
I've gotten into chats with a few people here who are looking for other ways to reach beyond the "netroots" and into their local communities. LTEs always come up, as do local protests and gatherings....
View ArticleThe UnChristian Doctor [UPDATED]
UPDATE: MsLibrarian posted a great diary on this last week that I missed. She's got a spot for mojo below.UPDATE II: Bakersfield Paper is taking up the story again. Their blogs are going strong too....
View Article"Conservative of the Year" Melanie Morgan
For those of you who don't know Melanie Morgan, she's the wonderful woman who got smacked by Spocko, Mike Stark, and a few of our other favorites. She had ads pulled, ABC supposedly apologizing, and...
View ArticleWho Should Be President After Impeachment?
We continue to talk about impeachment and removal from office for both POTUS and VPOTUS, but we've got to do more. We need to start people talking about who should serve out the last 12-18 months of...
View ArticleI Can't Decide About YKos
I'm frankly on the fence about whether I should go to Yearly Kos. I have my tickets/reservations: the whole works. I'm all set. I went last year in Vegas and had an amazing time. I went to the...
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Food and Farming Photos Needed. Post Your Pics!
I'm looking to put together a collection of pictures for all of the food and farming writers here to draw on. If you've got a farm or are in a rural area, we need your pictures.I've been reading a lot...
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Food and Farming Photos Needed. Post Your Pics!
(Ellicat)Good Morning, all. The premise is simple: post your pictures of food and farms, I'll tag them and store them in this photobucket account, and we can all use them for whatever we'd like.There...
View ArticleStephen Coal Bear?
As many of you know, I come from Bakersfield, CA. It's a great town though rather conservative. I'm always interested in bringing the town into the national spotlight and focusing progressive energy...
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Food and Farming Photos. Post Your Pics!
(ellicat)I'm looking to put together a collection of pictures for all of the food and farming writers here to draw on. If you've got a farm or are in a rural area, we need your pictures. If you're a...
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Stephen Coal Bear? Part Deux
After almost 2 weeks, I'm back with some news. For those of you who missed it the first time around: http://www.dailykos.com/...As many of you know, I come from Bakersfield, CA. It's a great town...
View ArticleIM IN UR WIKI, Stephen Colbert!
I've been working for a couple of weeks on a project in my hometown of Bakersfield, CA. There's a zoo there that is having a contest to name their new bear and I thought it would be fun to try to get...
View ArticleLooking For People To "Out" Themselves - The Karl Rove Challenge
Karl Rove is in full hissy-fit mode, complaining about the anonymity of bloggers. I personally think this is knee-slappingly hilarious, considering that the current administration is the most...
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