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We Are Aiding and Abetting the Republicans

Bravo and amen! All over the blogosphere and on Progressive radio, I see/hear people whose memories apparently don’t stretch back even to last November. Maybe not even to last month in Madison. People, we are in a fight to the death for our very way of life, for our country. I don’t think we can withstand Republican control of all three branches of government. The party needs to unite, because otherwise we hang separately. I’m mad at Weiner and Kucunich for what appear to me to be self-serving publicity grabs. Please stop with this talk of primarying, third parties and now impeachable offenses while there’s still time. Our votes count more than ever in a world where it’s us against huge corporations at the ballot box. The two parties are NOT alike, and a flawed Democrat trumps a Republican any day. A review of the Republican hopefuls ought to be enough to scare us into line, but I’m beginning to think the Democrats have a death wish.

» Posted By mad_as_heck On March 23, 2011 @ 5:03 pm

Everything from “Over There” belongs “Here!”

Thank you, choicelady, and also for the warning. I should clarify that I’m not a big Maher fan – I don’t get cable, so anything I’ve seen is limited to clips posted on other websites (chiefly HP!). Those few bits did seem to show that he wasn’t afraid to buck the trend, so he seemed the likeliest media person to lay her out with a few well-chosen words. But it was not to be.

» Posted By mad_as_heck On February 12, 2011 @ 7:31 pm

It blows my mind how fast Arianna is spinning to distance herself from the left. The site is a lifestyle site, political traffic is only 15%, left and right are meaningless labels, yada yada yada. I was so disappointed that Bill Maher let her off easy. He was my last hope for someone telling it like it is.

I started reading HP in the run-up to the 2008 election, and it was ALL politics all the time. I wasn’t even aware of other sections. In retrospect, I can see that the transformation into something different took place over a long time, so evidently a corporate sellout was her long-term plan. Fair enough, it’s her business, and if she wants to sell it, she has the right. But the denials of any progressive intent are disgusting.

Bottom line, with the way the site was going, and what it’s likely to become, it isn’t going to be a big loss in the end. But I do still miss the old days.

» Posted By mad_as_heck On February 12, 2011 @ 5:01 pm

50 Ways To Leave Your Blogger

This article was so funny that I almost F&Fd. I especially liked your take on Paul Simon.

» Posted By mad_as_heck On February 8, 2011 @ 4:51 pm

I like: Good, up to date stories; an easy to read and post comments section; the ability to edit my posts or delete one if necessary; the ability to see posting history. But most of all, a lively and active group of commenters!

I dislike: An overly busy layout; a site that pushes me to tie my activity to other social networking platforms; heavy or uneven moderation; misleading headlines; cliques among the community; tabloid content that makes me ashamed to admit I visit the site; ill-researched medical news articles.

Those are the things that come to mind immediately.

» Posted By mad_as_heck On February 8, 2011 @ 4:47 pm

Corporington Post

Great article. I, too, wondered about the anti-Obama slant, complete with unflattering photographs, the doom-and-gloom prognostications by the likes of Fineman, the plethora of Palin and Bachman photos and articles, the inconsistent and heavy-handed moderation. So much becomes clear now. Good luck to them, but what they gain in revenues they will lose in credibility. I’m sure they don’t care.

» Posted By mad_as_heck On February 7, 2011 @ 6:27 pm

Ah, well, there’s deletions…and deletions!

» Posted By mad_as_heck On February 7, 2011 @ 4:53 pm

Beautiful!

» Posted By mad_as_heck On February 7, 2011 @ 4:29 pm

Haha! I like it here already. And the ability to edit or request that a post be deleted is great – something I’ve always wanted at the other place.

» Posted By mad_as_heck On February 7, 2011 @ 4:28 pm

Another refugee from the Huffpost. I’m excited to be here, and what a refreshing layout. I don’t see social networking icons everywhere. Thanks to the many people who recommended this place.

» Posted By mad_as_heck On February 7, 2011 @ 4:01 pm

Morning Blog

Based on her comments yesterday and today, she does not want a left-leaning site. She wants to go “beyond left and right” and thinks those labels are “not in tune with where young people are right now.” Beyond the hilarity of using AOL to expand your platform to “the young people,” it’s a pretty clear signal about what’s likely to happen at HP. In fact, the move to the center has been going on for some time. So I’m not very optimistic about a larger audience finding the progressive message over there.

» Posted By mad_as_heck On February 8, 2011 @ 4:33 pm