Displaying 0 To 0 Of 0 Comments No — it’s the web address of the photo in the planet pov archives. It’s given in the section Link URL on the pop-up page. » Posted By nellie On November 25, 2009 @ 7:50 pm Do not go gentle into that good night (well, on second thought…) escribacat, I can’t read all of your post, it hits too close to home. Thanks for posting this story. I know how much strength that must have taken. » Posted By nellie On November 24, 2009 @ 12:29 pm I wrote a post in Speaker’s Corner: How to post a photo. I hope that helps. » Posted By nellie On November 24, 2009 @ 12:26 pm I’ve written a post in Speaker’s Corner: How to post a photo. I hope that will help. You can replace this photo with the one you wanted to use. Just delete the preview link and the link at the top of the post. » Posted By nellie On November 24, 2009 @ 12:26 pm I can add as soon as you’re done editing. 🙂 » Posted By nellie On November 24, 2009 @ 11:13 am I can upload something escribacat — if AdLib is not around. I’m on vacation this week (hurray!!) and spending much too much time on the computer. What image did you have in mind? » Posted By nellie On November 24, 2009 @ 10:46 am LOL! Thanks for the nod! » Posted By nellie On November 24, 2009 @ 9:32 am Note: Pepe, I changed the image because I was having trouble uploading this link to facebook. (That application has been having some major problems lately.) I hope you like this one — I think I prefer it to the keyboard. If you have another preference, just let me know. 🙂 » Posted By nellie On November 24, 2009 @ 8:50 am I posted to facebook what was going on at HP and announced I was boycotting the site because of it. I got a few people to join me. Publicity is the way to stop that kind of nonsense. » Posted By nellie On November 24, 2009 @ 7:22 am It’s nice to have a place to go where people don’t say “Can we change the subject?” » Posted By nellie On November 23, 2009 @ 6:34 pm I think I’ve seen some of those posts! And good for you. It’s so hard to let those lies sit there in print without answering them. » Posted By nellie On November 23, 2009 @ 12:46 pm Interesting topic, Pepe — a good one for PPOV. And I bet your story abut blogging rings true for a lot of us. I blog because I would drive my family and friends crazy if I talked to them about politics the way I talk about politics online. They’d boot me out the door. Online blogs are the only place where I can get into the minutia of governance — which is what I’m fascinated by and passionate about — the way I’m inclined to do. It’s also a place where I don’t get into arguments unless I want to. My dad was a Republican, and we used to fight constantly about social issues — honest fights, where we both had legitimate points to make, but angry fights that hurt our relationship. Online, I don’t have to do that. I can just sidestep it. I go to a place like HP only to set the record straight. If I’m reading the posts and it seems that a lot of people are unaware of something, I”ll post it. Or if I see a particularly nasty comment that is completely fabricated, I’ll correct it. Other than that, HP has very little appeal to me. I don’t even post there as “nellie” any more. And like you, I learn an awful lot from other bloggers. I’m so much smarter about politics now than I was when I posted my first comment on Raw Story — I think that was my first online post. And I’m a lot more confident in speaking my mind. I’ve learned to make a point and defend it. That’s a valuable skill. And blogging gives me practice in doing that. » Posted By nellie On November 23, 2009 @ 12:38 pm Senate of Kings: Can voters ever really claim their democratic power? Adding this link to the story: http://stopsenatestalling.com/ It is a petition to Sen Reid to address the problem of the filibuster. It appeared in the comment section of an article at HP — which, it seems, has picked up another of our topics. To their credit, they site two interesting articles well worth a read: Filibustering our nation » Posted By nellie On November 25, 2009 @ 5:50 pm From your keyboard to the winds of the cosmos, Mo. I hope we see some real change soon. » Posted By nellie On November 25, 2009 @ 11:28 am I find your posts very compelling. And interesting. Insightful. Entertaining. Engaging… It’s all good! » Posted By nellie On November 23, 2009 @ 4:47 pm bito, I’m currently working on a post about corporate personhood (thanks to a timely suggestion). It is a very complex issue with broad implications. I hope to have it posted in the next week or so. It is also one of my pet peeves. I think campaign finance reform might be one of the solutions we can realistically try to implement. Electoral reform in general, with voting rights encoded in the constitution, paper ballots, instant runoff voting, weekend or week-long voting, subsidized debates — the whole nine yards — might provide the kind of voter influence that would bring some accountability back to the Senate. » Posted By nellie On November 23, 2009 @ 1:59 pm Senator Sherod Brown of Ohio was just on The Randi Rhodes Show, and his last statement to her audience was that without the activism of the public — the letters, phone calls, showing up at senators’ offices — the public option would have been dead. He added that this kind of involvement is even more important now. » Posted By nellie On November 23, 2009 @ 12:54 pm In that case, 🙂 » Posted By nellie On November 23, 2009 @ 11:54 am Wonderful comment! But I just can’t accept that things will never change. There must be some strategy progressives can use. Maybe we move to Utah. I don’t know. We need to do something, because this country is becoming unlivable for too many people. » Posted By nellie On November 23, 2009 @ 11:13 am I would post a smiley face, but I know how you hate those emoticons. » Posted By nellie On November 23, 2009 @ 11:10 am That’s what I thought you meant. And I think you have a point. » Posted By nellie On November 23, 2009 @ 10:48 am Morning K7. I am struck by your take on whether this is hypocrisy. For Lieberman to have foreseen Obama’s election and a real chance for health care reform would have been impossible. But it might have been within Lieberman’s world view to see another GOP president — namely, McCain — and to maintain his pretense while knowing health care reform never had a chance. You may have something there… » Posted By nellie On November 23, 2009 @ 10:10 am I posted the same clip under my new HP sock. (I don’t post there as nellie any more.) And I actually got some good replies. That’s the thing about HP — what you post can actually have an impact if you catch the site at the right time. Or it can sink into a swamp of troll nonsense if you catch it at the wrong time. Good morning! » Posted By nellie On November 23, 2009 @ 9:30 am Hi, I’m Rob-S, and I’m a Moderatorholic If it’s any consolation, bito, I don’t get any amusement or entertainment out of trolls, either. I don’t think any of them means a word they say, so I rarely feel an impulse to answer them. But to each his/her own. » Posted By nellie On November 23, 2009 @ 10:37 pm Too late. We already like it! (The religion part can always come later….) » Posted By nellie On November 23, 2009 @ 7:39 pm I did indeed. I believe I posted something at HP about mob rule. Weak minded people lead by the morally bereft. I got an inane comment in response, of course. I can always tell when people have been listening to Rush Limbaugh. His main schtick is convincing people it’s okay to be heartless. » Posted By nellie On November 23, 2009 @ 7:36 pm Planetarians! I like that. » Posted By nellie On November 23, 2009 @ 7:30 pm Welcome to PPOV, Gretel — this is a wonderful site where you will find wonderful people with a lot of experiences, knowledge, and opinions to share. Warning: this place is addictive! » Posted By nellie On November 23, 2009 @ 7:06 pm Me, too. I always enjoy reading your posts. » Posted By nellie On November 23, 2009 @ 7:03 pm I don’t have the feeling of cliques here. Not at all. I can’t imagine what your email sender meant. » Posted By nellie On November 23, 2009 @ 12:44 pmComments Posted By nellie
How a letter from 1964 shows what’s wrong with the Senate today
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