Your Cordoba House Analogy Sucks

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Wednesday August 18, 2010 · 1:08 PM PDT

2010/08/18 · 13:08

To all the wingnuts out there trying to put together an argument against the Cordoba House - I’m sorry, but it really does. Maybe I shouldn’t expect all that much. I mean, writing is not easy. If there is one thing Web 2.0 has taught us it is surely that. But as blog readers, we put up with it. I’ve seen persuasive writing and journalism abused in every way on the internet. I read the comment section on general news sites, so I know terrible. I understand Not everyone is a professional. I’m not a professional writer either - this diary won’t be the best you read today. But these mosque analogies - ugh.

gooners

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Thursday March 11, 2010 · 11:29 AM PST

2010/03/11 · 11:29

Nicholas Kristof thinks he has a great idea. In yesterday's NYT column (featured in this morning's pundit round-up) he writes:

[W]e need a new initiative: Teach for the World.

Teach for the World would be a one-year program placing young Americans in schools in developing countries. The Americans might teach English or computer skills, or coach basketball or debate teams.

Jeez, great idea Kristof. But it seems like I've heard of that before. Oh yeah, we've had a program that does exactly that since 1961. It's called the Peace Corps . Heard of it?

gooners

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Wednesday February 17, 2010 · 10:20 AM PST

2010/02/17 · 10:20

The U.S. DOT has announced the projects awarded funding under the TIGER grant program created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The grant totals $1.5 billion in discretionary funding for surface transportation projects. Over 50 projects nationwide have been funded, ranging from bicycle/pedestrian facilities in the greater Philadelphia area to light rail in Detroit to barge freight transportation in the ports of Oakland, Stockton & West Sacramento.

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Tuesday February 16, 2010 · 1:05 PM PST

2010/02/16 · 13:05

If I see one more pundit or politician say the public has rejected the Democrats' agenda, I'm going to scream. Fact-free diatribes about socialism and big government, finding validation for their own memes in every political breeze -- we are being ill-served by the establishment to say the least. I never thought of myself as part of the "silent majority" but here I am -- Villagers to one side, teabaggers on the other, and I'm stuck in the middle begging for something to be done.

gooners

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Friday January 29, 2010 · 9:34 AM PST

2010/01/29 · 09:34

Yesterday I wrote a diary criticizing the message in a controversial anti-choice Super Bowl ad featuring college football star Tim Tebow and his mother. The ad is paid for by Focus on the Family and tells the story of Mrs. Tebow's choice to continue her pregnancy despite medical advice to terminate. That diary, Why Not Tell the Truth, Mrs. Tebow?, centered on the anti-choice movement's strategy to cloak their message in pro-choice language, intentionally muddying the waters for the public. From some more reading I have done today, it looks like that might not be the only dishonest part of the ad.

gooners

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Thursday January 28, 2010 · 8:12 AM PST

2010/01/28 · 08:12

Sorry if I'm a little late in getting my opinion of the Tebow/Focus on the Family Superbowl commercial out. I just heard again about the controversy on the news last night where it was reported the ad will be aired. It seems that reception from Superbowl watchers will range from ambivalent to irritated -- I'm not all that worried about the anti-choice movement making inroads with this hugely expensive ad. I am worried, however, about how the anti-choice activists continue to hide their true motives behind pro-choice language.

gooners

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Friday January 22, 2010 · 10:46 AM PST

2010/01/22 · 10:46

Things might be getting interesting in the Keystone State. The head of a Pennsylvania anti-tax umbrella group has issued a public call for the teabagging of Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett. Tom Corbett has been attorney general since 2004. He is the front runner for the Republican nomination to replace Democratic governor Ed Rendell.

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Monday December 07, 2009 · 6:55 AM PST

2009/12/07 · 06:55

I got an email today from the coordinator of Push for Peace Corps, an organization lobbying for an increase in Peace Corps funding to put more volunteers on the ground in more countries. While the House of Representatives passes a budget with a substantial increase in Peace Corps funding, the latest proposed budget from the White House has barely enough of an increase to offset inflation. This is an issue close to my heart as a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV) that served in Morocco from 2004-2006. You can find the series of diaries I did on Morocco here: http://www.dailykos.com/....

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Monday November 16, 2009 · 8:12 AM PST

2009/11/16 · 08:12

I don't think community blogs should be judged by picking out one comment or one diary that is just scrolling by. I know I don't like when it is done to Daily Kos. With that caveat, you probably are guessing that I'm about to do just that. There is currently a diary sitting on Macon, Georgia City Councilman Erick Erickson's blog redstate.com simply titled White Pride. I think it is a diary that deserves some outside attention.

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Wednesday October 28, 2009 · 12:04 PM PDT

2009/10/28 · 12:04

Today's the day -- Game 1 and its raining. MLB.com says the game is on.

So bring it, New York!

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Thursday July 16, 2009 · 7:58 AM PDT

2009/07/16 · 07:58

DO NOT recommend this diary

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Thursday July 09, 2009 · 7:00 AM PDT

2009/07/09 · 07:00

The House of Representatives is scheduled to take up the State/Foreign Operations Appropriations bill (H.R. 3081) today. This bill will set the funding level for the Peace Corps in the next year. President Obama has said over and over during the campaign and since that he supports national volunteer programs. If you have a minute, call or send an email to your Congress Critter to let him or her know that you support the Peace Corps too.

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