tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76473512011-07-14T16:34:20.097-05:00Progressive Youth blogging it up.mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comBlogger831100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1132403566172877072005-11-19T07:31:00.000-05:002005-11-19T07:32:46.183-05:00

Due to floods of egregious comment spam, I am shutting off comments at C101 for the time being.If anyone wants to post and moderate comments, let me know, and I will change the settings.Shaula

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In the discussion on Anatomy of a Smear, BOP Reader Mike commented that my gloom-and-doom predictions that Virginia Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Tim Kaine may have lost the election last week are too pessimistic. I decided to reply to Mike in a new post, because he brings up an important point: Can Democrats ever be too pessimistic? My answer is a resounding No. Democrats were a

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1119584297281894162005-06-23T22:37:00.000-05:002005-06-23T22:38:17.300-05:00

Today, after weeks of answering irate constituent phone calls, the house passed an amendment to H.R. 3010, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 that put back $100,000,000 of funding for NPR and PBS. All the republicans could talk about during the floor debate was how Big bird was a billionaire. Is that really the point.

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The registration deadline for the June 14th primary is May 16, THIS MONDAY. Are you registered to vote? http://www.sbe.state.va.us/VotRegServ/reg2vote.htm Check your registration status. And if you are away at school, don't forget to request an Absentee Ballot.

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1115266777589078932005-05-04T23:18:00.000-05:002005-05-04T23:19:37.620-05:00

How many of you have ever studied Kent State at school?How many of you have ever *heard* of Kent State?

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Hey Everyone! Is everyone gearing up for the 2005 election? I know communication among all of us has slowly tapered off after the disappointing outcome of the election in November, but there are a number of reasons to look on the bright side. Campaign 101 was held on July 10th and 11th, only a few months before the elections, and while the campaigns were already in full swing, now we

Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1099514436488458042004-11-03T15:40:00.000-05:002004-11-03T15:40:36.490-05:00

I am reeling.

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1099376016247736212004-11-02T01:02:00.000-05:002004-11-02T01:13:36.246-05:00

Hey Everyone! Today is election day....(well, really the night before)... and I'm just wondering what everyone/anyone is doing in their area. I'm really nervous and excited about the election, but I'm also anxious for this to be over so I can get some sleep at night and temporarily remove the words "likely voter polls", "spin" and "swing state" from my vocabulary. I personally am skipping all

Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1099341241899214692004-11-01T15:30:00.000-05:002004-11-01T15:34:01.900-05:00

Have you seen Eminem's video for Mosh yet? What do you think of it? Are people you know talking about it? Do you think it will get people to the polls?

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Matt Stoller of BOP News is going to be at MSNBC all day Monday and Tuesday blogging and pitching stories for the TV teams. Email him at matt@bopnews.com if you have a good story that you think should be on air. MSNBC also has a new program called 'Citizen journalism': http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6348977/ Matt writes:Please do report - if it's good it can get on MSNBC. And please spread this

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Via Zephyr Teachout at BOP News:Here's what I'm pushing to all my lists -- personalize and send to yours. 34 hours till the polls open. - Zephyr Teachout One last, critical plea: This election will be won and lost in the next 2 days. So please, peer-to-peer, friend-to-father, mother-to-mother-in-law, do whatever you can for the future of this country – for our role in the world, for our

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Two New Ads: Plus, the current popular favourite: Which do you like best?

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EnjoyTheDraft.com just went live! I had the pleasure of helping out with some of the editing. Go on, check it out!. And spread the word. And let me know if you recognize anyone on the site...

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Do you think you can give staunch Republicans a compelling reason to support John Kerry? Jay Tea at the conservative blog Wizbang asks readers to share why they support John Kerry. It strikes me as a rare opportunity to cross the abyss of polarized American politics and "talk to the other side." Jay has some ground rules for posts on the thread: Only serious, positive statements about John

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Margaret Cho tells us why she is political. Why am I political? Because society's consistent and constant disregard and lack of respect for minorities, even the title 'minority', when in many areas of the country we are in fact the majority, is too much to bear silently. Their insistence at our invisibility, whether it is as subtle as non-inclusion, or as loud as violent hate crimes, is

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1097297384299708762004-10-09T00:49:00.000-05:002004-10-08T23:49:44.300-05:00

Don't know what Neo-Conservatives are? Watch this video. (Via The Liberal Avenger) For more information on PNAC, the Project for a New American Century, check in with the good folks at PNAC.Info. Are you scared yet?

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1097210179974525212004-10-08T00:21:00.000-05:002004-10-07T23:41:57.700-05:00

Why should American college students be afraid of the draft? Ask freshman Congressman Tim Ryan D-OH17:Watch Ryan's blistering attack on the Bush administration's claims they will not re-instate the draft.Thanks to Ohio Countdown via BOP News. Also:Video in MP3 format via Drew Thaler. Transcript courtesy of Serenepia.

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1097086033341930762004-10-06T12:57:00.000-05:002004-10-06T13:07:13.340-05:00

You know, usually when one of the candidates in a debate refuses to answer a question, I can see some motive behind it so I pay no attention to it. As an African American female it is important to me that members of both parties concern themselves and show a knowledge of things that concern me. In Tuesday's Vice Presidential Debate, a question was specifically asked about HIV/AIDS Among

Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12456940256574855377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1096855824098979802004-10-03T21:08:00.000-05:002004-10-03T21:17:42.816-05:00

Kos received this email: I think you (and maybe your readers) will be interested in a personal experience I had last night while watching the debate. My 19 year-old (former foster) son, who has never been interested in politics, sat down with me and began silently watching about 10 minutes into it. About half an hour later he turned to me and said, "Dad, am I able to vote?". I told him he

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1096848455643290732004-10-03T19:06:00.000-05:002004-10-03T19:07:35.643-05:00

In [my Vancouver, B.C. homegirl] Sarah McLachlin's new video, World On Fire, she takes the standard budget for a music video, $150,000, and invests it in providing critical services to 1,000,000 people. Click here to see the video, and here for a list of the organizations McLachlin donated the money to (minus $15, her scaled-down video production cost). If you can get through the video dry-eyed,

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1096599561601148282004-09-30T21:39:00.000-05:002004-09-30T21:59:21.600-05:00

I just received great news from the Virginia Partisans: The Republican attempts to write discrimination into the US Constitution with the so-called federal "Marriage Protection Amendment" did NOT pass--thanks to a vote mainly on party lines. Congressman Jim Moran and Bobby Scott were the *only* two Virginia representatives to vote down this vote. Some of you may be aware that Congressman Moran

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1096569456439126082004-09-30T13:26:00.000-05:002004-09-30T13:51:19.353-05:00

Bear with me on an elliptical story: I just learned that my friend paperwight's blog, Fair Shot, is part of a student writing project for a Composition Class at USCA. The students in the writing class, as part of their assignments, are all writing their own blogs. You can find links to the students' blog on their class homepage, here. (Any of you who drop in and read BOP News may recognize

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1096317871835405612004-09-27T15:41:00.000-05:002004-09-27T15:59:48.886-05:00

Okay, I have a new favorite election ad: Satan for Bush 2004 Good marks for concept and execution and viral potential; my only complaint is, I wish it was harder hitting. But hey! Do your part and pass it on. Via the great folks at Bag News.

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1095877828295642982004-09-22T13:20:00.001-05:002004-09-22T19:02:54.900-05:00

Has anyone else noticed the gross in-proportions between the reaction the country and media are having to an honest oversight by Dan Rather (the Alabama documents), versus the deliberate disregard for truth that Bush used as a means to pursue his own agenda. Have 1000+ people died because of Dan Rather's honest mistake? I learned in philosophy that deontologists believe that what makes an action

Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1095748914381404562004-09-21T01:37:00.000-05:002004-09-21T01:41:54.383-05:00

Doug the Dynamic Driveler, a fellow blogger and fellow Canadian for that matter and a man of a suprising number of talents, is also a trained and former chef, who wonders when he meets young people interesting in pursuing a career as a professional cook if they might not be two eggs short of an omelette.Oh I know where so much 0f this comes from of course. After all, I am a certified Food Network

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1095709765103024022004-09-20T14:46:00.000-05:002004-09-20T15:16:16.776-05:00

Alright, maybe I was a little prejudiced, but being from Fairfax (NOVA) I always looked at Southwestern Va as being very conservative. I'm not sure if it was the southern accents, or the inreasing amount of confederate flags I see as I travel down past Richmond, but I thought for sure I would be one of very few liberals here. I was very, very wrong. I went to the first YD meeting at VT and

Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1095378583350265042004-09-16T18:48:00.000-05:002004-09-16T18:49:43.350-05:00

I wrote about The Political Compass a while back. Well, turns out there are new developments. 1. The Blogosphere Political Compass Project Sandor at The Zoo is running The Blogosphere Political Compass Project, to graph out the political philosophy of the blogosphere, based on The Political Compass. Note that the blogs represented are predominantly right-wing; my my my. Let's balance out

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1095189103397463302004-09-14T14:09:00.000-05:002004-09-14T14:11:43.396-05:00

While BOP'sMatt Stoller has been exposing Republican strategies for reaching out to women, and exploring why these techniques are effective, the Bush v Choice blog has been discussing whether political fashion, such as sloganeering underpants, galvanizes or offends women. The Republicans are attempting to gild a turd, and misconstrue the reality of their candidate to fool women into supporting

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1095181043766659662004-09-14T10:32:00.000-05:002004-09-15T08:14:25.716-05:00

From NewsMax report, via Polis:"Gen. Tommy Franks says that if the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government."If you are curious about the plausibility of this scenario... Sinclair Lewis wrote an amazingly prescient novel in 1935, It Can't Happen Here, outlining the

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1095099931875605252004-09-13T13:22:00.000-05:002004-09-13T13:25:31.876-05:00

I just stumbled across a youth outreach project that I'm really excited about: The Pledge 04 The pledge itself:I'm Young. I Vote. I'm NOT Voting Bush.The mandate:The 18-24 youth demographic in polls is consistently beating Bush, but this demographic is also the least likely to vote. We are trying to get as many people as possible to Pledge to NOT VOTE BUSH and then we will work towards making

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1094918496919377912004-09-11T12:01:00.000-05:002004-09-11T11:07:09.556-05:00

1. Turn off your tv. And your radio. Treat yourself to a régime de jingoisme for one day. Today is a really good day for it. 2. Go to your public library... ...and find out if your local branch is part of the September Project, an international campaign to bring people into public libraries on September 11 to share and discuss about democracy, citizenship, and patriotism through public talks

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1094749437978622942004-09-09T12:03:00.000-05:002004-09-09T12:03:57.976-05:00

Richmond's horrific weather this summer (lots of rain and storms, the tail ends of the hurricanes hitting Florida, flooding) have exacerabted my lethal mold allergies and some other health conditions, and I'm just not lucid enough to be an articulate or steady blogger at the moment. I'm still reading *your* blogs, even if I'm not commenting, and I'm just not posting a whole lot. Matt Stoller

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1094434042246144832004-09-05T20:03:00.000-05:002004-09-05T20:27:22.246-05:00

I perform improvisational comedy on the weekends with ComedySportz. One phrase that people use a lot in improvised scenes is "This is the best (blank) ever" or "This is the most important (blank) ever. For example: "This is the best science project ever!" or "This is the most important board meeting ever!" It's not a very interesting phrase and it never carries the amount of power that you think

The Carltonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05969097096505210766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1094173722987594212004-09-02T20:07:00.000-05:002004-09-02T20:08:42.986-05:00

Did I just see a bunch of black children skip onto stage at the Republican National Convention and listen to gospel music? What in the heck is wrong with this picture? *Slaps forehead in disgust*

The Carltonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05969097096505210766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1093961409831399982004-08-31T09:08:00.000-05:002004-08-31T09:10:09.830-05:00

Via Matt Stoller at BOP News:[Virginia] Republican Congressman Edward L. Schrock resigned because of the work of this blog. Well, he's gay, hard-right, and cosponsored the FMA, but it was Blog Active that broke the story. UPDATE: The Washington Post says it's 'unspecified allegations that have "called into question" his ability to serve.' Like gayness. I HOPE this is a pick-up seat.

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1093954600579995032004-08-31T07:07:00.000-05:002004-08-31T07:16:40.580-05:00

Latinos for America will be holding a Campaign Management Training in Northern Virginia on Sunday, September 5. I took this training in July when I spoke at DemocracyFest and it is hands down the best campaign training I've ever come across. Please spread the word, invite your friends and family, and if you belong to a Young Democrats club at school (or are starting one), make sure to get your

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1093783975073464582004-08-29T07:42:00.000-05:002004-08-29T07:56:52.263-05:00

Backstory MoveOn has partnered with top TV & film talent to release a new ad every week for 10 weeks. The luminaries list includes:Matt Damon, Rob Reiner, Richard Linklater, Scarlett Johanssen, Kevin Bacon, Al Franken, Rebecca Romijn, Martin Sheen, Margaret Cho, Doug Limon (The Bourne Identity), Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream), Donal Logue, Ed Asner, Charlie Fisher (Bush in 30 Seconds Ad

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1093725732290704462004-08-28T15:34:00.000-05:002004-08-28T15:42:12.290-05:00

Indian-Canadian professor Ananya Mukherjee Reed of York University in Toronto explores the power of political protest:I think it is ironic that we often have to think of the “strategic” outcomes of social protest, because it really should be a celebration of human spontaneity at its best. More importantly, it is often the only tool people have, especially when institutional options are

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1093622986812590392004-08-27T10:53:00.000-05:002004-08-27T11:47:58.016-05:00

Bread DeLong's Journal has posted an email exchange from January 2003 to the present, between an American professor and a Muslim student in Africa, on Iraq, America, ethics, and being human. The collection provides a remarkably honest, unfiltered insight into how the Islamic world (and much of the planet) views America."...Destroying a country can never be called “liberalisation”, resistance can

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1093592181184315672004-08-27T02:14:00.000-05:002004-08-27T03:00:56.963-05:00

Every so many years I am delighted to stumble, once again, across the Political Compass site. They've taken the traditional, one-dimensional political spectrum of Right and Left (which was established, by the way for the seating arrangement of the French National Assembly of 1789), and created a 2-dimensional model by adding a y-axis for the spectrum of Authoritarian to Libertarian. In other

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1093486673201015762004-08-25T21:13:00.000-05:002004-08-25T21:17:53.200-05:00

It seems the Bush camp recently put out a television ad that used the Olympics by name: The television advertisement does not feature the five Olympic rings -- one of the world's most recognizable images -- but an announcer tells viewers that at "this Olympics there will be two more free nations," referring to the U.S.-led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq under Bush's presidency. The

The Carltonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05969097096505210766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1093465506597123332004-08-25T15:21:00.000-05:002004-08-25T15:25:06.596-05:00

At this point, a whole bunch of people are talking about how to get more women involved in political blogging. I think the discussion is germane to young bloggers, too. Sexism and ageism aren't all that dissimilar--in fact, many of the ways that we disempower women boil down to infantilizing them. And thus, I would like to invite ALL of you to join in the conversation. I'm talking about it on

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1093359387107928242004-08-24T09:42:00.000-05:002004-08-24T10:11:43.693-05:00

Via Dominic at the VAYD blog. John Kerry will be on the Daily Show tonight on Comedy Central at 11pm. This is his first national TV interview since the Swift Boat Ads became an issue. It says something that Kerry is bypassing all sorts of "normal television news programs" and going to the show that much of America's youth trusts for political news. The post had an article on it here. In fact,

The Carltonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05969097096505210766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1093293534293805542004-08-23T15:38:00.000-05:002004-08-23T15:45:53.426-05:00

Has anyone seen this? It's a long but interesting manifesto entitled "What Is Conservatism and What Is Wrong with It?" written by Philip Agre, a professor of Information Studies at the University of California. The essay references different decades and political figures, in order to help liberals today win political debates based on history. I was referred by Roz Kaveney on livejournal,

Simonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11884977240122910741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1093233377361990772004-08-22T22:39:00.000-05:002004-08-22T22:56:17.360-05:00

I hate to admit it, but I'm generally a nice guy. And being a nice guy, I like to see nice guys play nice, but rarely does one see a political campaign that plays nice all the time. "It's a very strong and simple empirical fact," Mr. Goldstein said. "You can tinker with campaign finance laws all you want, but when you have competitive elections you get lots of advertising - and you get negative

The Carltonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05969097096505210766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1093227026113302942004-08-22T21:06:00.000-05:002004-08-22T21:10:26.113-05:00

Raise your hand if you knew Sadam Hussein has been a CIA asset for 40 years. [silence] [/silence] That's what I thought. Check out this fantastic flash animation about the history between the US gov & Saddam. Via All Day Permanent Red

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1093222607846780552004-08-22T19:48:00.000-05:002004-08-22T19:56:47.846-05:00

Alan Keyes has officially moved from the 'discordantly enigmatic' portion of my radar to the 'utterly incomprehensible.' It appears that Mr. Keyes, who is a (often extreme) conservative, is supporting reparations! Waaah? So manifest is the illogic behind the reparations movement that it has been recognized by none other than Alan Keyes. Discussing the Civil War in a column in 2002, Keyes wrote,

The Carltonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05969097096505210766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1093203225555853972004-08-22T13:59:00.000-05:002004-08-22T14:53:32.430-05:00

I'm just not even going to pretend to know how on-topic this is, but it meanders across a lot of topics; rock bands, activism, kids, GOTV, cows and cheese -- so here it is. There has been occasional notice taken of the hooping (or for the more hoopaliciously inclined) pedestrian signs around the country, and much chronilogically-challenged speculation as to where they come from. Since at least

Don Karnagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00481757318221155516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1093152605510388942004-08-22T00:26:00.000-05:002004-08-22T00:30:05.510-05:00

The New York Times picked up on actions by law enforcement in Florida that may end up intimidating elderly blacks from getting out to the polls in November. "These guys are using these intimidating methods to try and get these folks to stay away from the polls in the future,'' said Eugene Poole, president of the Florida Voters League, which tries to increase black voter participation throughout

The Carltonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05969097096505210766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1093073975289979222004-08-21T02:34:00.000-05:002004-08-21T02:39:35.290-05:00

We've already discussed the power of voting with your wallet on C101. Here's a new opportunity: This fall the Progressive Book Club is launching as a way to buy books and invest money in the progressive community at the same time. Read all about it here. I realize that most of you will have your hands full with schoolbook purchases for the next few years but if your family or friends might be

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Bop's Matt Stoller discusses that state of the germinating left-wing machine and the direction that progressive infrastructre is and should be taking. Check it out for a great list of online progressive information sources.

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a/k/a another urgent reason to set up YD clubsThe Christian-right Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) is organizing up to 4,000 homeschooled kids "to do grass-roots campaigning for socially conservative candidates in hotly contested races throughout the country. The effort, dubbed "Generation Joshua" — round and round the walls of separation of church and state they'll go, till the

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Cribbed shamelessly from Scout at And Then : What Lower Taxes Can Buy High School Football will cost you $150. Baseball, $80.00. Middle school kids will have to pay $100, no matter what sport. But the worst off are the cheerleaders: $1,200 each to cheer on the $100.00 a head football team. This isn't a hypothetical warning about a Bush world where taxes simply don't exist. It's the reality for

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Al Gore has a review in the New York Times this week on Russ Gelbspan's new book on Global Warming. Now, Global Warming may not be "your thing." I know we all adopt issues, and in a world where we are bombarded with information, we make conscious decisions about what we monitor, what we scrutinize, and what we filter out and ignore--not necessarily from lack of interest, but from a mental triage

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Ellen Dana Nagler has been talking about movies over on BOPnews this week, and the way movies tap into our dark anxieties. I say she's onto something. Because every movie I've seen lately seems to speak directly about politics. And I don't mean Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 or the remake of The Manchurian Candidate--I mean movies that aren't overtly about politics. I, Robot is a great example

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Virginia Victory '04 campaign headquarters are having their grand openings this week and here is the open invitation: The Richmond office will officially open on Wednesday, August 11, at 7 p.m. with an office opening party for local Democrats. The Fairfax County office will open the following Sunday, August 15, at 2 p.m., also with an office opening party for local Democrats. For more

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Virginia Congressman Rick Boucher (District 9) is guestblogging for Larry Lessig this week, and it seems that the whole of the ‘net is abuzz about it. Yesterday he blogged about the Induce Act, and today the Digital Media Consumers’ Rights Act (DCRA) and fair use. He’s not only writing up entries, but then engaging in discussion with the folks who provide intricate queries about his policy

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1092025522146268842004-08-08T23:07:00.000-05:002004-08-08T23:25:22.146-05:00

So I hear Alan Keyes, former GOP presidential hopeful, will be running for a Senate seat from Illinois against everyone's favorite rising star, Barack Obama. Now don't get me wrong, this nearly guarantees that Illinois will produce only the fifth black senator in US history, and that's good. But I mean, come on! Alan Keyes!? Keyes criticized Hillary for running for Senate in New York and now

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I'm receiving an increasing number of political spam email these days, urban legend spew that inevitably gets started by freepers. These whisper campaigns can be devastating, and they are difficult to stop. But, because they are a grassroots attack, the best way to stop them is at the grassroots level. In other words, it's not a bug, it's a feature. ;) Freep-mail also present a GREAT

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Via BOP News: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, aka the DCCC or D-Trip, is hosting an Open House Week through their blog, The Stakeholder, to discuss "everything from candidate recruitment and promotions to our role as a consultant in bringing grassroots support and enthusiasm to races across the country." Call me a geek ;) , but I'm looking forward to learning more about how the

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Here is contact information for the Kerry-Edwards/Virginia Victory '04 coordinated campaign offices in Virginia. State Headquarters 2112 West Laburnum Avenue, Suite 204 Richmond, Virginia 23227-4358 Office: 804.355.0404 Fax: 804.254.1649 Northern Virginia Regional Office 2722 Merrilee Drive Suite 310 Fairfax, Virginia 22031-4400 Office: 703.207.2004 Hopefully they will have public email

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I saw this poster on the weekend at the Harrison St Coffee Shop here in Richmond. Positively brilliant. The Facts George W. Bush won Virginia by 8% of the popular vote in 2000. Bush won 52% of the Virginia popular vote, Gore got 44%, and Nader 2% in 2000. 47% of eligible Virginia voters didn't vote in the 2000 election. 26% of registered Virginia voters did not go to the polls in 2000.

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In the trailer for Ray, the new biopic feature on Ray Charles with Jaimie Foxx, here is a great scene where Ray is getting harassed in a dance hall for mixing up gospel and blues music: Man: You're turning God's music into sin. Woman: All y'all are goin straight to hell. Ray: If all y'all want me to keep playin, let me hear you say Amen. Dancehall crowd: AMEN.We saw the trailer at the

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There was a great article in Harper's recently entitled "Liberalism regained: Building the Next Progressive Majority." I couldn't find this article online, but it was a great read. My favorite quote of the feature came from Ralph Nader: Nader: But [the liberal community's] message is also missing somehting else: the emotional content, in the best sense of the phrase. One of the reasons is that

The Carltonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05969097096505210766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1091071371287374542004-07-28T22:14:00.000-05:002004-07-28T22:22:51.286-05:00

...check out this flash animation about what happened with the voter purge list in 2000. Via Ian at BOPnews. Jay Myerson is General Counsel to the Democratic Party of Virginia. He swung by Campaign 101 late in the afternoon of Sunday, July 11. Most of you had left to face the long drives home, but Jay spent about half an hour talking with those of us were left about the 2000 Florida Recount

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1091001363932960712004-07-28T02:50:00.000-05:002004-07-28T02:56:03.933-05:00

Think again. Twelve year old speaker wows convention delegates (Ilana) Wexler, who founded a grassroots group called kidsforkerry.org, was rewarded last week with a phone call from Teresa Heinz Kerry inviting her to address the convention in prime time...With her high pitched voice and breathy enthusiasm, the seventh grader from Oakland, Calif., wowed the crowd Tuesday night. ...Jonathan Wexler

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1090992661201284572004-07-28T00:13:00.000-05:002004-07-28T00:31:01.200-05:00

I've been wanting to talk with everyone about is the power of voting with your wallet. When I grew up, the mantra was "the personal is political." I'm curious if this is a concept that you're even familiar with--the idea that your consumer decisions (including not buying, or choosing to recycle or buy second-hand) are a logical extension of your personal politics. Making political decisions

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1090978309390257782004-07-27T20:29:00.000-05:002004-07-27T20:31:49.390-05:00

Here's some RNC gossip! Word on the street is that Jerry Falwell will be giving the invocation at the Republican National Convention. As if I didn't get enough of him at Boys State (ugh). What does this say about the Bush administration's agenda should he be re-elected? Will they be serving the desires of the far-right fundamentalists? Ah, who cares? We all know Bush is getting the boot anyhow.

The Carltonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05969097096505210766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1090973752523436922004-07-27T19:07:00.000-05:002004-07-27T19:15:52.523-05:00

Anybody catch Rev. James A. Forbes, Jr. speak tonight at the DNC? Look familiar? That's my uncle, and a great man. He's a shining example that being religious does not necessarily mean you have to be conservative. The Boston Globe interviewed him recently: Q. Regular churchgoers overwhelmingly vote Republican. What does that suggest about the two political parties? A. In my sermon, I may call

The Carltonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05969097096505210766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1090912552905134312004-07-27T02:11:00.000-05:002004-07-27T02:15:52.906-05:00

Here is a taste of objective journalism, Canadian style: The CBC's INDEPTH: US ELECTION 2004 - U.S. Presidential Candidates Read the biographies of both the candidates and then let me know how you think this compares to American media coverage of the election.

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1090873725855194012004-07-26T14:54:00.000-05:002004-07-26T15:28:45.856-05:00

Is it really important what Mrs. Kerry says to a right-wing reporter when there's all kinds of other nonsense occurring in the world? Here's some quick tid bits on the international scene that I'll try to throw together before the DNC is called to order. It seems Bush is finally trying to do something with North Korea. He's offered "concessions" but North Korea seems to believe (as would any

The Carltonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05969097096505210766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1090870731860545402004-07-26T14:24:00.000-05:002004-07-27T01:12:37.090-05:00

Are you familiar with the Cost of War counter? (I've just added one to Tsuredzuregusa.) As I write this, the money that Bush has looted from American taxpayers to squander on his illegal invasion of Iraq has just topped $127,554 MILLION dollars. To put that number in perspective, it could have hired 2,372,522 additional public school teachers across the country. So far, Virginia's

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1090779750734022522004-07-25T12:59:00.000-05:002004-07-25T13:28:33.706-05:00

Anybody catch Bush's speech to the Urban League? Not only was the body of his speech unconvincing, but he led it off with a lengthy informal period of what I like to refer to as "shout outs." The President must have been advised that it's customary among "black folks" to give props to your close associates. Now anyone could tell the President was just trying to lead into his speech with a bit of

The Carltonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05969097096505210766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1090599170918036562004-07-23T10:48:00.000-05:002004-07-23T11:12:50.916-05:00

I strongly believe that GLBT (Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender)Rights will be the political issue for our generation that the Civil Rights movement was to our parent and grandparents. I also believe down the road it will be the litmus test for politicians: were you on the right side of the issue from the start, or did you pander to your anti-civil rights voters and them jump on the bandwagon once

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1090597306130252072004-07-23T10:37:00.000-05:002004-07-23T10:41:46.130-05:00

(I am posting this for Jeff, from his vista in the Cloakroom. ~Shaula) ...a little bit about whats going on on capital hill in case you havent been watching C-SPAN 24/7.... Today there was a suspension bill called H.Res 728 on the floor of the House of Representatives. Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the actions of terrorists will never cause the date of any

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1090560575677790842004-07-23T00:04:00.000-05:002004-07-23T10:21:28.416-05:00

This came down the pipeline from the International Coalition of Academics Against Ocupation: Overlooked by the U.S. Press is the escalating assassination of Iraqi academics, intellectuals, and lecturers. More than 250 college professors since April 30, 2003, according to the Iraqi Union of University Lecturers, have been the targets of assassination. You can view the entire article here.This is

The Carltonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05969097096505210766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1090425590307681082004-07-21T10:53:00.000-05:002004-07-21T10:59:50.306-05:00

Senator Tom Daschle's floor speech today redefines the terms of the debate: Doing Right By America In just over 100 days, the American people will make an historic and fateful decision. They will decide whether we stay the course we’re on, or move our country in a new and better direction. As I’ve traveled around South Dakota and the nation, I’ve heard a lot about the hopes and dreams

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1090389084659309212004-07-21T00:29:00.000-05:002004-07-21T10:40:20.396-05:00

I'm sure we've all been following the 'Values' debate between Bush and Kerry. What are the important values? Restricting a woman's right to choose (aka upholding the ideals of sexual morality) or telling the truth to the nation you lead before committing it to a war with dire consequences?  Or perhaps true values are found in being insensitive towards the GLBT community! Hey, what better way is

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The concept of a victory for Bush this year is a rather frightening thought. I often fall into the trap of assuming that most people feel the same way. Unfortunately, that's not true. Just look at his foreign policy. The evidence is right there, and yet many still choose to defend it.   The fact of the matter is that Pres. Bush is displaying one of the shoddiest foreign policies in recent

The Carltonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05969097096505210766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1090257641652866872004-07-19T12:11:00.000-05:002004-07-19T12:25:54.540-05:00

The Chicageo Tribune has a story today on the political power of blogs: Blogs--short for Web logs, which are online journals that usually feature commentaries on daily events and provide links to other Web sites--are emerging as potentially powerful tools for building grass-roots political support. "Blogs are the new face of politics," Seemann, of Canton, Ohio, said. "We are on the ground

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1090009659458254782004-07-16T15:23:00.000-05:002004-07-16T15:28:30.073-05:00

Rep. Corinne Brown was censured in Congress today for calling the Florida 2000 election a coup d'etat, and her remarks were stricken from the record.   Watch the tv footage here.   Read the excellent full coverage on Buzzflash here. Jeff -- any observations from the cloakroom?

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1089967788534583762004-07-16T03:48:00.000-05:002004-07-16T03:49:48.533-05:00

Simone, I've added your live journal to the blog roll. If this is not cool, you can log in and delete it or let me know and I'll delete it. Lainie, where's your blog? Carleton, you said you've got a few on the go...add'em in. Who else has a blog or a livejournal?

mitsugomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654401140276657942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647351.post-1089954482894169442004-07-16T00:02:00.000-05:002004-07-16T00:08:02.893-05:00

C101's friend Dominic Gabello reports good news for the Kerry-Edwards ticket in Virginia on the Virignia Young Democrats blog: Virginia voters 18 to 34 support Kerry at 52 beautiful percent! Read the whole post here. If we can turn out the Youth Vote and the vote of people of color, we can carry this state and take the White House.

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