Displaying 3,571 To 3,600 Of 3,698 Comments Is this the definition of cognitive dissonance? “when did that become a problem for progressives” is not addressing the point at hand. It’s simply trying to bait people. That’s what Monk was referring to. My observation that this group does not mirror the country still stands. » Posted By nellie On November 5, 2009 @ 7:05 am I would add that I don’t see a lot of young people at these rallies, either. I don’t see a demographic representation of our country in any sense. » Posted By nellie On November 5, 2009 @ 7:03 am I agree with you, AdLib. I think a lot of these people are angry to begin with and would be angry no matter what. We have a few of those folks on the left as well. Always bitter, always complaining. Fox just corrals the ones on the right and tries its best to disguise them as the Average American. Misery loves company. So does anger. » Posted By nellie On November 5, 2009 @ 5:57 am I think the caveat in Mr. Fitzgerald’s statement is the word “apparently.” 🙂 » Posted By nellie On November 5, 2009 @ 5:52 am Again? Geez. » Posted By nellie On November 6, 2009 @ 7:50 pm May I butt in just to say Joan Baez, Joan Fontaine, Joan Cusak, Joan of Arc. Cool people are named Joan. My favorite teacher was named Joan — she looked like Cher and rode a motorcycle to school every day. Sometimes she’d drive in with her Afghanhound, Veruska. » Posted By nellie On November 6, 2009 @ 7:45 pm Nice to see you here. This place is a lot of fun. » Posted By nellie On November 5, 2009 @ 10:29 am Wow — I thought that one would get wiped for sure! » Posted By nellie On November 5, 2009 @ 9:21 am If anyone needs motivation for HuffNo Friday, let me offer this: They’re actually taking this meme to TELEVISION where it can do the most damage. I posted planetpov dot com, and so far the post is still there. I’ll check to see if it gets scrubbed later on. » Posted By nellie On November 5, 2009 @ 6:38 am I’m wondering if anyone has tried posting “planetpov dot com” to HP? This is a standard way to refer to sites in environments that might be problematic. I’ll try this today to see if it takes. » Posted By nellie On November 5, 2009 @ 6:21 am Whoa — that’s just not ok, lol! » Posted By nellie On November 5, 2009 @ 9:00 am Words Are Our Most Important Product Well said. » Posted By nellie On November 5, 2009 @ 6:16 am It’s an interesting exercise though, to hear the various thoughts on these particular issues. Kennedy is exactly who I was thinking of re term limits. » Posted By nellie On November 5, 2009 @ 2:52 pm “Improved” is only relative — if I agree with you! I have honest disagreement with a lot of this list, which I annotated. Let me expound futher. (3) I definitely think taxes should go into campaign finances — just as they do now as an option on our tax forms and in public funding — that is tax money. I don’t think of it as supporting a particular candidate over another. I think of it as supporting the system. We can’t be sure what Mr. Obama would have done if McCain had played by the rules of public financing. He ended up making more through individual donations, but I really think this is a matter of the commons. I think tv ads should be available, maybe print ads. Paying for attention is the problem with our system. Those with more money get more attention — whether worthy of it or not. I’m not saying private donations should be disaallowed (although I’d consider that if it were up to me). But I think the electoral system should be supported by the government. (5) I’m not suggesting anyone be exempt from contributing to public school funding because they send their kids to private schools. Just as the private systems needs competition from public schools to control prices, the public system needs private schools as competition to be responsive to parents. We need both. (6) I’m not persuaded that we need to abolish the Fed. I need to look at it more carefully before I have any opinion one way or the other. (7) The way to discontinue private wars is with oversight. The NSA and CIA don’t do the same kind of work. Both are important. What Valerie Plame was doing was important. (10) We just disagree on TARP. I didn’t like the idea, and I wouldn’t support it if it were proposed again, but it isn’t the disaster I expected. (11) I’ll never be in favor of term limits. Mandatory retirement age, yes. Term limits, no. (12) It’s impractical to simply shut things down. We need to grandfather in new technologies. (13) Not arguing w you about the lights. LED technology is not where we’ll be in 10 years. That’s all I meant. (14) I’d like to see us improve water treatment of water that’s on land now. I’d like to see our overall population go down so we don’t use as much water. This is a complex issue. People tend to expand their use of natural resources without giving thought to the fact that limitless expansion is impossible. We need to start thinking about reducing our impact on this planet. I’m not anti desalination. I just wish we’d start thinking about our relationship with the planet differently. » Posted By nellie On November 5, 2009 @ 9:17 am What an interesting idea for a post. Here are my answers: 1. Y » Posted By nellie On November 5, 2009 @ 6:12 am I hope the movement has learned its lesson. It’s a shame that the right wing has succeeded in giving all religious groups such a bad name. A lot of good work has been done by people of faith, and that continues — and should never be forgotten. » Posted By nellie On November 25, 2009 @ 7:56 pm You bring up a good point about medical marijuana. Same thing happened here in CA. It just seems so unfair to make people wait for civil rights while the majority of voters take their sweet time coming to their senses. Or pass on to the next life. But point taken. » Posted By nellie On November 4, 2009 @ 2:05 pm Thanks AdLib. I’ll work it into a few posts! » Posted By nellie On November 4, 2009 @ 12:46 pm Our discourse has gotten so meanspirited. It’s more about gotcha and who can I put down than about problem solving. This is what turns me off at HP. I go there to learn more from the community — there are a lot of very knowledgeable people who go to that site — but all the gratuitous sniping and superior posturing is not something that I want in my day. It’s hard to understand people with so much resentment and anger that they have to lash out with these kinds of insults. My sympathies to Norwalk. » Posted By nellie On November 4, 2009 @ 12:15 pm Maybe we could use this site to mask the PPOV url? » Posted By nellie On November 4, 2009 @ 11:48 am Unfortunately, I think our votes on civil rights have only worked out in this country when they have been votes taken in congress or by the legislature. Our representatives take an oath to uphold the constitution, and they have our courts as a check to any laws they might enact. It’s not a perfect system, but I would rather leave the responsibility of determining who has civil rights and who doesn’t (as if) in the hands of people who take that oath, who keep the constitution in mind when drafting our laws — rather than to individuals who selfishly and irrationally see harm to themselves in any freedom granted to someone else. » Posted By nellie On November 4, 2009 @ 11:45 am That’s such an important perspective. I wish it would catch on. There’s a lot to do, and too many people are sitting back and complaining instead of getting to work. » Posted By nellie On November 4, 2009 @ 12:32 pm omg, I didn’t even recognize GreatLardini! (That’s what being slightly dyslexic will get you!) So glad to see you here! I have to say, when I hear the words “President Barack Obama” I am to this day filled with surprise, gratitude, and joy — like a kid who got the long-shot, prayed for gift for her birthday, and still can’t quite believe it. » Posted By nellie On November 4, 2009 @ 12:30 pm It was a great step forward in this country’s evolution — but from what I’ve seen since his election, the people have a real battle on their hands with corporations and the media. It was pretty obvious under Bush that Big Money would push forward any policies that were corrupt, anti-social, destructive to human life, disempowering, and thieving. But under Obama it has become just as obvious that they will do everything they can to prevent policies that are good for us. We have a real fight on our hands. And there’s no standard bearer for that fight. All the hopefuls have fallen into dysfunction — Air America, the Huffington Post, Daily Kos. The fight for genuine progressive populism is a tough one. But it’s a fight whose time has come. I still have hopes that the progressive base will find its voice under this president. But so far, it has been a deep disappointment to me, on a personal level. President Obama, on the other hand, has proven to be better for this country than I could have imagined. The breadth of legislation that has passed in this short time is truly stunning. The rehabilitation of our image around the world is unbelievable — with a Nobel Peace Prize as a symbol of that sea change. The constant movement in the right direction. The feeling that there is a man of integrity and humanity at the helm. All a source of great comfort and inspiration. Now progressives — we must find our voice. This is the ideal time. » Posted By nellie On November 4, 2009 @ 7:22 am He had a hard time with the question: “Do you have children?” When I saw that, I knew he was toast. » Posted By nellie On November 4, 2009 @ 9:39 am Blacklisted this site. Wow. Well, they want to be the one and only progressive blogging community site, and PPOV is a direct threat to that niche. HP could easily turn into just another right wing cesspool of whining, denial, anger, and negativity if they lost the progressive bloggers. Let’s hope their fears become realized in the very near future! » Posted By nellie On November 4, 2009 @ 9:38 am Very nice addition. Thanks, guys. » Posted By nellie On November 4, 2009 @ 7:11 am As soon as Palin decided to stick her nose into NY politics, I knew the Democrat was going to win. Hopefully the Teabagger party will grow in strength and completely destroy the current GOP. We need a legitimate, honest broker with opposing views. We don’t have one in the GOP. That party needs to disappear. From my point of view, we need a more progressive party to break off from the Dems, and leave the Blue Dogs as the conservative standard bearers. That would get us back to reality. » Posted By nellie On November 4, 2009 @ 7:10 am Plouffe Responds to Queen Huffington Excellent article. With lots of facts and examples to support Plouffe’s argument. I look forward to the day when he will be posting articles on this site, where the comment section might do his piece justice, rather than simply listing the latest talking points from right wing talk radio — as the current HP comment section is doing. This article really needs to be sent to the NYT as an op ed. I don’t think we have seen as articulate an enumeration of Mr. Obama’s accomplishments during this short time in office in any other publication. I think I’ll break my boycott to make this suggestion in the HP comment section. I wonder if I’ll get scrubbed…. » Posted By nellie On November 3, 2009 @ 4:37 pm We Can Think That For You Wholesale Thanks for that article. I was really hoping Garamendi would make another run for the governor’s office, but he’ll be much more influential in congress. We’ve seen evidence that the state can bumble along without a functioning governor’s office — courtesy of the Governator. We go broke, but we’re still here. » Posted By nellie On November 3, 2009 @ 2:32 pmComments Posted By nellie
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2. Y w a caveat — they should be paid more. Congress members are woefully underpaid, salary wise.
3. Y, as part of the commons, financed by taxes
4. Y
5. Y w private schools still available. It’s good competition.
6. I don’t know about this one. I have a very intelligent friend who makes arguments for the Fed. My gut reaction is Y, but I need to think about it more
7. Y
8. Y
9. N Intelligence work is really valuable. We just need citizen oversight to be more effective.
10. N. It’s being repaid now. And apparently doing some good in the industry.
11. N I’m a strong opponent of term limits. Campaign finance reform is a better solution. I like career politicians who know their business, know the issues, and have experience writing legislation and pushing bills through committee. BUT I think we should have a mandatory retirement age of 65.
12. N Too much of an impact on the economy. Green technology and fines would be my preference.
13. Y Although I think there’s probably a better alternative to LED out there
14. I don’t know about this, either, how it would affect the ecosystem, so I have to think about it. We need to clean the water that already comes to land, and conserve.
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