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Clearly you have moved from 6 count swing to 8 count lindy hop in this move from MT to Scoop. I'm not quite sure of the relative value of diary-ing on your site v. our own, it's hard to tell exactly...
View ArticleCubs / Marlins
I officially went off the deep end the other night when the Cubs went down in game 5 of their series. I called a friend to suggest that Dave Veres should be beaten slugged with a bat. My girlfriend...
View ArticleSenate Elections Predictions
I'd like to propose a question. Or rather a set of questions. I provide here the senate seats that are up for re-elect this cycle. I want to know which will stay Republican, which will stay Democrat,...
View ArticleWhat if...
Ok, here's a thought I've been kicking around, which I would love to discuss. It seems to me that the working assumption we have going on is that the people who vote for Republicans are either: a)...
View ArticleWriting off the South (Yes!)
There's been a lot of discussion about whether or not Democrats should 'write off the South,' arguing that Southern states are - at least for the foreseeable future - red states. This is being debated...
View ArticleAn Easy Solution to the "Southern Problem"
Every democrat who lives there should move north. The weather is worse, and you'd have to put up with uppity, morally-bankrupt, condescending Northerners, but you'd have a shot at living in a...
View ArticleElectoral College tie
I was looking at the Electoral Map Calculator for 2004, which is set to the states won and lost in 2000. So the numbers are good as far as 2k census goes. And, interestingly enough, here's what we...
View ArticleEnough with the Zell Miller/FDR quote!
Ok, friends and compatriots, how many times have you heard this:Zell Miller recalled in his book that when FDR was President, he looked South and said, "I see one-third of a nation ill-housed,...
View ArticleIraq ambivalence
I believe that the campaign to overthrow Saddam Hussein, under the aegis of Sept. 11 and under the guise of ridding the world of an imminent threat to the US vis-a-vis nasty, ready-to-use weapons of...
View ArticleAnyone know how to contact Ron Fournier?
His stories made me so ticked off I want to scream.
View ArticleWhat should we do when we win (part 1)
Moving forward on all fronts, it would be horrifying if we got to the point, like Bill McKay, where we have to ask "what do we do now?" If team Bush taught us anything, it's that when we win, we need...
View ArticleDisingenuous? Why you obstreperous scalawag
I'm a bit struck by the RNC's attack message that Edwards is disingenuous. Actually, they called him a "disingenuous, unaccomplished liberal and friend to personal injury trial lawyers." Ok, let's put...
View ArticleIowa Electronic Markets as Mojo Meter
Many people have been thinking about the Iowa Electronic Markets, a 'futures' market where you could bet on, among other things, the presidential contest.
View ArticleA thought for Blue-staters
There is something demoralizing about living in a Blue State these days. I live on the Upper West Side of New York City, maybe the bluest of blue areas in the country (Democratic area? Kerry picked up...
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