Oh Jesus.

First of all, I've obviously been incredibly busy.

I finished my junior year of college (three semesters left because my major's requirements are more stringent than those of the university). I got Dean's List honours this term as well as last and a 3.65 GPA, which, I should point out, is considered remarkable in my major. Just finishing ( Read more... )

Sarah Palin's Magical Mystery Tour is coming to my part of the country. I don't know who she thinks she's kidding but we're not some sort of 'frontier idiots' here. They're not even frontier idiots in the frontier, because people in all places are smarter than she and her cohort give them credit for--and considering how dumb people are this is ( Read more... )

So...tell me about the New Democratic Party ( Read more... )

I don't ENJOY identifying as progressive/liberal. I really don't. I have very serious and basic disagreements with the fundamental view/views of existence (secular, rationalistic, et cetera) on which most people who share my policy positions seem to base them. I'm lonely.

'People may not believe it but I advise you all to check your Bibles more ( Read more... )

Can any of the Canadians on my friends list explain to me why your Prime Minister and his Cabinet have been held in contempt of Parliament? I don't question that it's reasonable for him to have so been found--I know of Stephen Harper by reputation, and it is not a good one in my circles--but I would like to be informed about this. This is after all ( Read more... )

So, I got this email to-day from the International Socialist Organisation chapter at my college (they're officially Marxist, but they accept social democrats or liberation theology people like me as well).

The release of classified documents by the transparency organization Wikileaks is the biggest news in the U.S. right now. For many people ( Read more... )

If Julian Assange committed rape, then he should go to prison. For rape. Not for 'compromising national security'. For rape, if he committed rape.

Other than the question of the facts, how is this, legally, different to the Polanski thing?

Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, after a year of having
their requests for job creation policies fall on deaf ears, the
American people have not only spoken; they've been finally heard.
When it came to job creation, the American people made it perfectly
clear they are no longer willing to play the waiting game. For 15
straight months ( Read more... )

Thoughts on the current state of the Congressional and state-level Democratic Party.

• Nancy Pelosi (CA) was an effective Speaker and will make a far better Minority Leader than somebody like Steny Hoyer (MD) would. Since we probably won't get a Minority Leader Weiner (NY) or Minority Leader Blumenauer (OR), I say keep her.
• Keep Clyburn (SC) as Whip.
• ( Read more... )

'There are alot of problems with the Dream Act.

1, 35 age limit too old.
2, It is ongoing - never ending.
3. Once these illegal aliens get to be citizens they will be busy sponsoring their illegal families into the country. So the number involved in the amnesty is a lot more than just the one student - you all are forgetting about their families ( Read more... )