Chicken Liberal (updated)

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Tuesday September 09, 2008 · 11:10 AM PDT

2008/09/09 · 11:10

Fellow Kossaks,

I'm in a bit of a quandary. On the one hand, I want to give money to liberal candidates, on the other hand I work in a company run by folks who are clearly on the other team. Now, it's a good company, and the senior execs are decent people in spite of their political affiliations, but as someone who is an executive MBA type who is hoping to rise in the corporate ranks I'd rather not be a highly visible donor.

So, my question: What is the best strategy for getting maximal impact for my dollar while avoiding getting my name on opensecrets or whatnot? I'd like to continue to keep my political and professional lives separate, for now.

Thanks all!

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Thursday September 14, 2006 · 7:39 AM PDT

2006/09/14 · 07:39

I'm moving to Los Angeles soon, and will be spending a lot more time in my car. As such, I was thinking about a satellite radio.

The question is XM vs. Sirius.

Considerations:

1. Which provides a better spectrum of talk, hopefully including some progressive talk and general news and information? (I know Sirius has NPR, which is a plus but hardly progressive.)
2. Are there any political considerations I should be aware of? (e.g., are either of them owned by Disney, Rupert Murdoch, or heavy Republican donors?)
3. Any technical differences between the two, or satellite coverage issues? Read More

Make Tom Kean Jr. confront "The Path to 9/11"

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Thursday September 07, 2006 · 7:05 AM PDT

2006/09/07 · 07:05

On his campaign site, Tom Kean Jr. describes himself as an "Independent Reformer", in place of where the word "Republican" would normally go.

Let's put that notion to the test.

Kean Jr has exploited his Father's reputation as a moderate elder statesmen, and ridden it to leading in the polls. Now "The Path to 9/11" is harming that image. He's a politician, he'll want to duck the issue and have the good side of his father's rep, let's make sure he is forced to acknowledge the bad side, and make a choice between being a true "Indepedent Reformer" or a partisan hack.

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Lamont, Greenwich, and 80% Republican

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Saturday July 15, 2006 · 9:31 AM PDT

2006/07/15 · 09:31

Lieberman has been making a lot of his attacks on Lamont based on the basis of Lamonts voting 'with Republicans 80% of the time.' For something that makes up so much of Lieberman's campaign, this attack holds up poorly to scrutiny.

The problems:

The math is deceptive, and deceptive by design.

Local issues are different from national ones - siding with Republicans may make a lot of sense, if their policies are sensible. This is especially true in Greenwich, which is a pretty unusual town.

The real issues become the individual votes. We can clearly find Leiberman votes that we disagree with, what about Lamont?

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A Declaration

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Tuesday July 04, 2006 · 12:13 PM PDT

2006/07/04 · 12:13

July 4th is the day we celebrate American Independence.

There are other dates we might choose. The April 19th, 1775 is when the first shots were fired of what was to become the American revolution. Cornwallis surrendered to Washington on October 17, 1781, effectively ending the military conflict. The Treaty of Paris was signed September 3, 1783, signifying British recognition of our independence. We could also celebrate Dutch or French recognition of our independent status.

So, why July 4th, 1776?

It's because it's when we decided we were free. The rest is details. Read More

Possible NSA Lawsuit

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Thursday May 11, 2006 · 12:16 PM PDT

2006/05/11 · 12:16

I recently spoke to a friend on the phone, and it occured to me that the phone call (since neither of us have Qwest) was logged in an NSA database somewhere. Further, my girlfriend is visiting Europe right now, so any calls to and from her are international and therefore not only logged, but potentially listened to.

I've been thinking that the distress this causes may be the basis of a legal action. Read More

An overheard conversation

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Thursday March 16, 2006 · 6:56 AM PST

2006/03/16 · 06:56

I recently returned from a brief vacation. While on a line I overheard this conversation:

Bearded Man (B): So, you in the Army?

Texan (T): Nope, got out a few months ago.

B: (Jokingly) What, those big re-up bonuses didn't tempt you?

T: (Laughing) Nope. But they keep calling me.

This back and forth went on. The tone of the men wasn't one of guys doing 'new material'; they'd told and laughed at this before.

Both men strike me as the type who normally would regard the military as a respected profession and militar men as honored patriots. Now, re-upping is a joke; for the suckers and the desperate.

Brownie: New nickname for crony

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Monday September 12, 2005 · 6:20 AM PDT

2005/09/12 · 06:20

Just a thought, every time we see an example of an underqualified political loyalist in high office, he a 'Brownie'.

Its going to happen again, after all - for all their talk of conservatism and reform, this administration and many of the state and local ones are all about getting and keeping power, rewarding friends (not to mention punishing enemies.)

Might as well have a word that reminds folks of the costs of this every time we use it.

Carlson, Daily Show to go head to head

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Friday July 29, 2005 · 1:15 PM PDT

2005/07/29 · 13:15

According to the AP Tucker Carlson's show is moving to an 11pm EST timeslot, moving from it's current prime time slot.

I won't go into all the silly dancing about how this is what they wanted all along and how Tucker 'couldn't be more psyched', it's pretty clear justification for how things weren't working as planned.

What is interesting is that now he'll be going head to head vs. the Daily Show.

TDS has been ratings, of course, but it will be interesting to see if Carlson can make headway in either his audience size or MSNBC's ratings. He's lost viewers for MSNBC since he came on board (the Abram's Report did better), although that could be a product of MSNBC's overall slide.

They've stated in the past that the show is designed to reach the coveted 18-32 year old demographic, (recent adds even spoofed having him an action hero fighting crime, believe it or not.) Wonder how that's gonna work against the Daily?

Romney's Flip-Flop

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Wednesday July 27, 2005 · 7:24 AM PDT

2005/07/27 · 07:24

He all but declared his candidacy Tuesday with a Boston Globe Op-Ed in which he called himself a 'pro-life governor in a pro-choice state.' Pro-life was not a term he used during his candidacy for governor; it's clearly not Massachusetts voters he's trying to impress anymore. The Globe has a terrific response today.

The best set of quotes:

I respect and will protect a woman's right to choose. . . . Women should be free to choose based on their own beliefs, not mine and not the government's

-Romney, 2002

I am prolife. I believe that abortion is the wrong choice except in cases of incest, rape, and to save the life of the mother. I wish the people of America agreed, and that the laws of our nation could reflect that view.

-Romney, 2005

The editorial came in response to his veto of an emergency contraceptive bill, in spite of his 2002 support for emergency contraception.
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Breaking: They're not even pretending anymore.

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Tuesday June 14, 2005 · 4:58 PM PDT

2005/06/14 · 16:58

Philip A. Cooney, chief of staff for the White House Council on Environmental Quality who happily edited scientific studies on global warming to align them with the Bush administrations political needs, has resigned.

Cooney's prior employer was the American Petroleum Institute where he was head lobbyist. He now goes to unspecified responsibilities at Exxon-Mobile, just two days after the NYT published reports obtained by the Government Accountibility Project showing the Cooney had edited various scientific reports on environmental change to downplay the possibilities of global warming.

Now, the White House isn't really commenting on this, because they don't really need to. Cooney was useful, he might make heat for them, so he's being given a nice reward - and not a reporter in the press corps will ask a question on it that will get any kind of a real answer. Read More

Bush Recruiting Tour

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Monday June 13, 2005 · 10:29 AM PDT

2005/06/13 · 10:29

June 12, 2005 | WASHINGTON (FP) -- President George W. Bush, reacting to a growing recruitment problem affecting the U.S. Military, announced a multi-state intensive tour to persuade young people to enter the military and their parents to view the military as an acceptable option.

"The fact of the matter is that if we don't solve this problem, recruiting is going down big-time. We need to solve this problem so that doesn't happen," McClellan said, in annoucing the tour.

In a pre-tour discussion that could indicate the administrations approach, Bush discussed current troop levels and what could happen if recruiting numbers do not improve.

First in a fantasy series: What if we had a real President?
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