Defending Dubai

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Thursday February 23, 2006 · 9:23 PM PST

2006/02/23 · 21:23

I'll be the first to admit that the administration isn't handling this very well and there could very well be something fishier in all of this, but some of the posts (not all) frm the blogging community have struck me as downright xenophobic. Soj has done a decent job explaining why Dubai Ports World (DPW) is not a terrorist operation in disguise and why, rom a strict national security perspective at least, there's no reason to delay or reject this deal. I want to lay out why that shooting this deal down will, in the long run, increase rather than decrease the likelihood of terrorism against American citizens. Read More

A Positive Agenda for Reform

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Tuesday July 05, 2005 · 2:51 PM PDT

2005/07/05 · 14:51

As 2006 looms around, scandals ranging from Abramoffgate to Coingate and now Plame/Rovegate have painted a big fat bullseye on the GOP. Yet simply crying foul isn't going to cut it in the upcoming elections. Democrats can prove that Tom Delay is a child molester, but until they can show that a Democrat-controlled House will actually be different, they're going to enjoy only limited success on this front.

What the President Really Said

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Wednesday June 29, 2005 · 7:22 AM PDT

2005/06/29 · 07:22

(cross-posted at CampusProgress.org ... but I couldn't resist posting this here)

In the interest of clarity, I'm posting what the president really meant to say in his speech tonight:

My greatest responsibility as president is to protect the Republican party, and that is your calling as well. The troops here and across the world are fighting a global war on terror. No, I have no clue how to define terror. But I do know we face a totalitarian ideology that hates freedom, rejects tolerance and despises all dissent. Their aim is to remake the United States in their own grim image of tyranny and oppression by toppling the filibuster, driving moderates out of the region and by exporting terror. Which is why you should support the GOP, because the only way to beat this ideology is to fight fire with fire.

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Tuesday June 28, 2005 · 2:01 PM PDT

2005/06/28 · 14:01

The administration and a few liberals are taking a harder stance against China as of late (or have been for a while). The argument is that China is a rising strategic competitor, it has a growing economy, it's military is getting larger, and that this somehow all poses a threat to the United States. Hence, the United States should be nervous about the attempted Unocal purchase and other Chinese activities.

Poppycock. Read More

Poll: Do you give to the homeless?

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Monday June 27, 2005 · 2:37 PM PDT

2005/06/27 · 14:37

The poll's at the end if you want to skip ahead, but the reason I'm asking is that I've noticed a trend of personalizing politics. Here on Kos, we've framed Iraq as "unless you're willing to enlist, you have no right to support the war." And of course, conservatives have been doing this for decades. The abortion question, rather than one of "is keeping abortion legal good policy?", becomes "would you let your own child have an abortion?" Ditto on gay marriage. Read More

CRNC Convention

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Friday June 24, 2005 · 11:13 AM PDT

2005/06/24 · 11:13

CampusProgress has snuck two undercover interns into the College Republican National Convention. They're blogging about what happening there. Check it out. I mean, there's some pretty nasty stuff there. Some of the nonsense they're spewing:

- The Civil Rights movement destroyed black people's sense of self-respect and their compass for what's right.
- The Civil Rights Movement took the men out of their homes and prevented black people from thinking for themselves.
- It is not racism but lack of moral character that causes problems for black people.
- The black leadership succeeds by keeping black folks angry.
- Now Muslim folks are moving in and trying to take over.
- "I don't care what people say, but (Muslim people) don't like us!"
- America has already given black people all it has to give.
- On reparations, he emphasizes the fact that all the slaves are dead.
- On those who want reparations, he says, "Instead of reparations, how 'bout a free ticket back to Africa?" (Raucous laughter.)

Inspire Me

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Thursday June 23, 2005 · 5:25 PM PDT

2005/06/23 · 17:25

A message to the leaders and future leaders of the country:

Hi, I'm Andrew, a college student having a great time at school. I grew up in the suburbs, had a relatively peaceful upbringing, am a strong believer in public education, a Christian, and consider myself an idealist. I believe in the American Dream and the power of America to do good.

Lately however, I've become just a wee bit cynical. Perhaps even more than that. I'm finding it hard to believe in this country, or for that matter, anything more than my own selfish gain. Why?

I'll tell you on the flip. Read More

Life, the Universe, and Everything

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Monday June 20, 2005 · 5:36 PM PDT

2005/06/20 · 17:36

I was eating dinner in a Chinese restaurant a few nights ago with an old friend and some of his acquaintances. One of them sat down next to me with a cowboy hat on his head. "A Republican hat, " he said. He asked how I was doing and what my political affiliations were. I told him I was a college student interning at the Center for American Progress, and that I was a Democrat. "American Progress huh?" he smirked, "How can you be for progress if you're a Democrat?"

Having made the mistake of admitting being a college Democrat to a man in a "Republican hat," I proceeded to sit through my dinner as he went on and on about how global warming was a joke (it's really the weakening of the magnetic field we should be worried about, he asserted), FDR started World War II (to go save Stalin and his Communist cronies), and we should bomb Mecca to force the Muslim world into submission (cheaper than occupying Iraq anyways). At first, I wondered either if he was drunk or if Ann Coulter was when she wrote this down.

But neither of those were true.

Everything Wrong with America

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Friday June 17, 2005 · 2:59 PM PDT

2005/06/17 · 14:59

In my previous (and first) diary entry, I proposed building up a new progressive movement more reflective on today's times than the early 1900s. Of course, advocating progress for progress's sake is a little hard to justify at times, so I just want to take this opportunity to figure out what are the problems America needs to deal with. Actually, I'm not really sure so I'm more interested in what y'all have to say.

A caveat after the flip.

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Wednesday June 15, 2005 · 3:18 PM PDT

2005/06/15 · 15:18

This is another diary on the whole Core Values debate, inspired by discussions with fellow Democrats and Kos's own views on this subject. One of the more interesting comments on Kos' second post comes from cvcobb01:

These are NOT our core values, they are key applications of of our core values. The unifying thread between them is so obvious and so simple that I don't think the Democratic Party will ever see it: it is Liberalism.

A longer post on the definition on liberalism is here.

I think cvcobb01 does a decent job of defining liberalism, but I have yet to see anything for progressivism. Contrary to popular belief, I don't see progressivism as a synonym for liberal. Progressivism is a movement and way of life distinct from liberalism.

Defending Dubai

A Positive Agenda for Reform

What the President Really Said

Chinese Nonsense

Poll: Do you give to the homeless?

CRNC Convention

Inspire Me

Life, the Universe, and Everything

Everything Wrong with America

Progressivism vs. Liberalism