tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81260451494746173242011-04-21T23:49:24.938-04:00No self-respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party that ignores her. - Susan B. Anthonyjacilynnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-10083752587352815352008-09-19T07:11:00.003-04:002008-09-20T04:20:29.031-04:00

The blog has moved! New address: http://lynjaci.wordpress.com Disney Lab Unveils Its Latest Line Of Genetically Engineered Child Stars

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-65993447325179424492008-09-18T05:08:00.000-04:002008-09-18T05:08:00.364-04:00

I have written a number of posts critical of liberal positions (and will probably write more in the future). Why pick on liberals instead of conservatives?After all, conservatives are worse. (Just ask anyone.)I attack the liberals instead because we need liberals. And it's gotten urgent. We need them to do their job, which is opposing the Republican party.I don't want one party rule. I want to

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-34998937371549594812008-09-16T05:07:00.003-04:002008-09-16T05:07:01.133-04:00

I have become endlessly fascinated with the contradiction between the Enlightment's promotion of democracy, on the one hand - and a natural elite, on the other.Those who are part of that natural elite see it as simply the truth - the only "real" truth. Those outside of that elite frequently view it as a religion in its own right - complete with religious music, such as the "inspired by evolution"

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-28023001741480301712008-09-15T05:05:00.005-04:002008-09-15T05:05:00.328-04:00

We psychologists have been examining the origins of ideology ever since Hitler sent us Germany's best psychologists, and we long ago reported that strict parenting and a variety of personal insecurities work together to turn people against liberalism, diversity, and progress. But now that we can map the brains, genes, and unconscious attitudes of conservatives, we have refined our diagnosis:

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-16210901959861546022008-09-14T12:58:00.006-04:002008-09-15T04:48:01.462-04:00

This in the news:Attendees at a Family Research Council convention were buying up “Obama Waffles” like hotcakes before organizers decided they contained images that could be deemed racist and suspended sales.Not long ago a family member of mine died, and clearing through the things I came across a dusty unopened box of "Bill's Skillet Cookies". It was virtually identical to this box, except that

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-47370682460022367862008-09-14T05:59:00.002-04:002008-09-15T08:39:27.782-04:00

Imagine your child wants to steal from someone. Do you teach that it's okay? Of course that's not okay.Does the fact that your child want to do so for a good cause make a difference?Well, yes. That makes all the difference. At least, that's how traditional liberal Democratic thinking goes.Consider the response if you point out that it's illegal to come to this country without permission, steal

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-19313920419314246192008-09-14T05:35:00.003-04:002008-09-14T05:51:19.136-04:00

It has begun - just as predicted, and more or less on schedule. Obama is gonna lose and it's all Hillary's fault.But while she may not have beaten Obama in the primaries, she may well have sown the seeds for his defeat in 52 days time. It's not just that Clinton continued to battle for the nomination beyond the point at which her winning became impossible and the major political damage to the

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-90111785093924976442008-09-13T05:05:00.006-04:002008-09-13T05:05:09.307-04:00

This from Boston Globe:The Emergence of Sarah Palin is actually the Return of Supermom. Mother of five, moose killer, and marathoner, she was back at work three days after her son's birth, juggling a Blackberry and a breast pump while making Helen Reddy look like a slacker. Call her a role model or a parody, but the fresh face of 2008 looks like the exhausted face of the 1980s.There actually is a

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-30365105269687628932008-09-12T21:39:00.001-04:002008-09-12T21:39:00.979-04:00

Apparently some people interpreted the crowd at the Republican convention chanting "USA! USA!" as some sort of attack.Attack on what? On the "God Damned America!" crowd?Well - it probably is, actually. But never mind that.The real question is, what is so bad about being patriotic?Oh, you can talk about the evils of America - but the real difference is only between those who choose to address

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-72757916740004847422008-09-12T05:09:00.000-04:002008-09-12T05:09:00.653-04:00

Observed out, about, and/or for sale:Another small town, religion-clinging, gun-toting American voting for McCain/PalinThe puck stops here! (hockey puck logo)Read My Lipstick!Kiss my lipstick, Obama!I'm voting for Sarah! (and the guy she's running with)One candidate uses change to promote his career.Sarah Palin uses her career to promote change!My VP candidate is hotter than Your VP candidate!We

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-4132473875363123732008-09-12T05:01:00.001-04:002008-09-12T05:02:03.052-04:00

Awhile back I was in a church - a liberal church - and something kind of funny happened: I said something that apparently sounded like I was hinting (or even outright asking) for assistance. The reaction embarrassed me. The people I was talking to got scared. Their eyes got big; they found excuses; they fled. I found myself wanting to rush to reassure everyone that I didn't mean anything of the

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-28882367225442796122008-09-11T05:35:00.003-04:002008-09-11T05:35:00.193-04:00

Maybe real political power is in knowing what you believe, and why you believe it - and then being able to explain why you know you're right.Fred Rogers takes on Mr. Nixon's public television budget cuts

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-44119467185906742632008-09-11T05:13:00.000-04:002008-09-11T05:13:00.976-04:00

Now this is just funny:Walsh said she called both campaigns and asked for free trinkets she could give the 7-year-olds to help them learn. If they did well, she explained, each Scout would earn her “Ms. President” patch. The tchotchkes would provide added incentive. A representative for John McCain responded immediately, sending Walsh a box filled with stickers and signs. The Barack Obama camp

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-56571111064324825422008-09-10T17:32:00.003-04:002008-09-10T19:08:03.029-04:00

Someone I have known for a long time said to me that I sound disturbingly "like a conservative".I suppose it's true enough. This election has been bringing a lot of rage to the surface. Many years' worth.Yeah - I'm angry at the Democrats. And I have more sympathy for the conservatives than I would have thought possible six months ago. The belief that the Republicans are the cause of everything

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-31320797712664596922008-09-10T05:58:00.001-04:002008-09-10T05:58:01.233-04:00

Apparently, I am not alone in "not being a feminist". From City Journal:The large majority of women—surveys have put the number at somewhere around 75 percent—shy away from calling themselves feminists, even while supporting some movement goals like equal pay. The primary reason for their coyness: feminism’s ambivalence at best, and hostility at worst, toward motherhood and marriage. The

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-80409687800668064262008-09-10T05:28:00.000-04:002008-09-10T05:28:00.752-04:00

The problem with Hillary Clinton is that she wasn't beautiful enough. The problem with Sarah Palin is that she is.The sexism is everywhere, of course, but this one strikes me as particularly funny, because it's just so obviously juvenile:Republican strategists have made it clear that the GOP's only chance to win is by reframing the election as a battle of images. And right now, Palin is the pinup

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-69121746499111507082008-09-10T05:01:00.003-04:002008-09-10T05:01:00.964-04:00

It's still about the 'Wal-Mart Moms'.I think the name "Wal-Mart Mom" is a punishment the press corps is dishing out to get back at women (PUMA women?) who refuse to get in line, shut up, and be obedient. I think we should just be blunt and say what they really mean: white trash women.We know that this group doesn't like Obama. We know that he's inexperienced and that he's got the wrong beliefs

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-14204583271723885222008-09-09T21:05:00.000-04:002008-09-09T21:05:01.231-04:00

Why isn't Hillary out there, doing more for Obama?Where are you? We haven't heard from you since your strong and eloquent speech at the Democratic National Convention. You might be taking a well-deserved vacation--certainly you must need one after all those arduous months campaigning. But we need to hear from you right now.Let's ask that loud. No, I mean LOUD.Hillary, stop doing whatever you're

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-2235189503570287902008-09-09T20:25:00.000-04:002008-09-09T20:25:01.200-04:00

The Dems were cheering when it was our side. From Salon:With last night’s cheerfully vicious speeches from Rudy Giuliani and Sarah Palin, the Republicans did what they always do in order to win elections: they exploited raw cultural divides while mocking, belittling and demonizing Democratic leaders. Yet again, they delivered brutally effective and deeply personal blows to the Democratic

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-29294015704261043112008-09-08T19:02:00.003-04:002008-09-08T22:33:16.514-04:00

They are deciding women's rights must be more than a slogan and actually belong to every woman, not just the sort approved of by left-wing special interest groups.- A Feminist's Argument for McCain's VPTammy Bruce, San Francisco ChronicleI happened upon a comment that stopped me cold, from a blog I otherwise really enjoy:And it is meaningless to talk of female subservience as a valid “choice”

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-40531343541356685592008-09-08T05:20:00.004-04:002008-09-14T03:52:11.374-04:00

In her LA Times op-ed, Gloria Steinem tells us what real women are and what real women want.In the process, she excommunicated almost every woman in my family from the sisterhood.She could have taken a persuasive tone, and presented fact. Instead, she talks down to us, as the self-proclaimed Keeper of Real Womanhood, adopting a tone that is, at best, condescending.Although Steinem grudgingly

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-92086505488959585432008-09-08T05:11:00.003-04:002008-09-08T07:35:04.995-04:00

The basic idea of feminism is a paradigm shift - one embodied in the phrase, "A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle".The idea is that, if the problem is that women are trained to be a man's helpmate, the solution is to separate completely from man.The problem IMO is that feminists went too far. It isn't that they attacked women who collaborated with the enemy (although they did

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-58537453000303152832008-09-08T05:03:00.000-04:002008-09-08T05:03:00.341-04:00

from CorrenteSo if we're socializing all the risk, why don't we socialize all the profit?This is a big issue that demands more attention.If a company is headed for collapse, and you do nothing, the company's collapse could take the entire economy down with it. (Think Great Depression - maybe even bigger. Maybe much bigger.)So the government intervenes, bails out the company saves the company (or

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-24832433372245204762008-09-07T07:32:00.011-04:002008-09-08T02:29:33.992-04:00

Erica Jong:White trash America certainly has allure for voters. Some people think rednecks are more American than Harvard educated intellectuals of mixed race. God help us...I am stunned.I don't even know where to start.

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-82331473296748301622008-09-07T05:59:00.006-04:002008-09-08T08:07:24.130-04:00

Only a Democratic strategist could think this up:If the election remains close, the next president could very well be picked by what Chris Lehane, a Democratic strategist, calls “Wal-Mart Moms” — white working women with children living in the exurbs and in rural parts of battleground states, who may make up a swing sliver of the electorate.Now there's a good reason to vote Republican.I dunno

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-61053076639391899202008-09-07T05:12:00.002-04:002008-09-07T11:26:15.984-04:00

You know what the problem is with our Democratic leadership? They ain't never seen the film Down Periscope.Being intellectuals, they can't appreciate a good "enlisted man's comedy" - dumb, trashy, has at least one fart joke; you know. Aimed at the vulgar masses (or as Democrats say, low information voters).The scene I am thinking of: the XO asks the submarine's captain, played by Kelsey Grammar,

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-11534058151010510552008-09-07T05:01:00.004-04:002008-09-07T05:22:30.393-04:00

If anyone thinks I have changed positions during the time I have been writing this blog (and at some moments I have), I should explain: I am first and foremost in favor of the process itself.If you do it right, the end result is right.If you do it wrong, and the end result isn't wrong, that's just luck.I really believe that.Too bad the Democratic party doesn't. In response to Republicans

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-77112416798638223322008-09-06T01:42:00.004-04:002008-09-06T01:49:34.992-04:00

In the news:Palin Speech Moves Independents: Results of two nationwide polls conducted by SurveyUSA show Sarah Palin's speech at the Republican National Convention on the evening of 09/03/08 has helped the McCain campaign.24 hours ago, independent voters nationwide were split on whether Palin was an asset or a liability to McCain's campaign. Today, by a 2:1 margin, independents say Palin is an

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-70130164637105954692008-09-05T05:44:00.000-04:002008-09-05T05:44:00.746-04:00

Organic gardeners know that the best defense against external attack is a healthy plant.That requires attention to growing conditions. But when liberals saw "rust belt blight" spreading from the middle of America outward, instead of analyzing soil conditions, they just stopped tending that part of our garden.And, now, instead of a harvest, we've got a collapse. What are we going to do about it?We

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-36772035569595966532008-09-05T04:41:00.006-04:002008-09-06T03:14:50.634-04:00

I keep thinking and thinking about all the things I have seen and heard, and have felt and thought, and to me it comes down to this notion that the reason this is happening is because something has failed and that therefore the way to fix things is to find the fail and fix it.This election has made me acutely aware that the best arguments for every liberal position I have ever held are weak and

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-64547786118280737262008-09-04T05:06:00.000-04:002008-09-04T05:06:00.923-04:00

I experienced something like a paradigm shift. I think I understand what it is that conservatives respond to so powerfully in the abortion debate.This realization came to me several hours after my brain melted, after reading through blog after blog of people commenting that the first female in the White House is not really historic and not good for women because the issue is all about CHOICE

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-7319411661391386122008-09-03T05:01:00.001-04:002008-09-03T05:01:00.961-04:00

People ask, why do so many people not vote? I can watch my own reactions and see the process happening.First comes not being able to listen. Not hearing or even seeing things right. And tuning out people who just keep blah-blah-blah the same things. There's a certain irony as you see they are doing the same thing to you, and they think it's you that is the problem. It's always the other side that

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-54775475156039174302008-09-02T17:30:00.003-04:002008-09-02T17:36:06.421-04:00

...getting hard to follow election coverage...no issues, no significance...just dirt.I have tried to keep up on everything going on. I just can't. I'm tuning out and glazing over again.So far, of everything I have heard about Sarah Palin, almost all of it has been about sexuality. It's like a zoo took over or something.

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-47157066995548034852008-09-02T17:29:00.000-04:002008-09-02T17:30:00.458-04:00

I was hoping to avoid actually saying this but it isn't going away: the Palin family has a pregnant teen daughter. Between this and all the railing about Palin being pro-life ("therefore not fit for vp"), this election now seems to have been hijacked by sexuality.(But for the fourteenth time today, I digress....)To liberals, this is a big "gotcha" because it's proof of hypocrisy and a reminder

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-35515972553389231082008-09-02T17:02:00.000-04:002008-09-02T17:05:49.375-04:00

the Amy Goodman arrest videoBecause does anyone ever remember anything about Republican National Conventions other than the fact that lots of people get manhandled by overeager police?Come to think of it, what else is there to a Republican convention? Arresting people for trivial reasons is what makes it so much fun.

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-5599420601179607672008-09-02T05:52:00.004-04:002008-09-02T05:52:01.095-04:00

I read this:Kim Gandy of the National Organization for Women called McCain's choosing Palin "a cynical effort to appeal to disappointed Hillary Clinton voters and get them to vote, ultimately, against their own self-interest."I want to make this perfectly clear: Kim Gandy does not know what is in my best interest. If she did, National Organization for Women wouldn't be this pathetic

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-14207268045640873452008-09-02T03:32:00.006-04:002008-09-05T06:21:44.657-04:00

update: it is sloppy, lazy thinking to omit important links by which arguments make sense. I suppose I genuinely believed the link here would be obvious, but it is not because I did not spell it out.To use the "fact" that women have "choice" to prove what essentially amounts to an argument that hinges on the "choice" argument for its validity, is the (liberal) equivalent of using the Bible to

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-30339827878205027012008-09-01T18:12:00.004-04:002008-09-01T18:44:09.734-04:00

The boys have had a lot of fun this year calling women hysterical, over-emotional, etc.Lots of women bloggers have come back defiantly with, "oh yeah? Watch - I'm not going to vote the way you want me to!"*In fact, people all over the place are being herded - into voting for or voting against - based on insults rather than issues.Who benefits from this? Not Obama. So why does it seem to be

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-2941102142450973732008-09-01T17:15:00.000-04:002008-09-01T17:15:00.202-04:00

From Digby (apparently with a perfectly straight face):In truth, [Palin] doesn't really have enough experience, but a lot of the criticism I'm seeing could easily be read as both sexist and elitist. Barack doesn't have a ton of experience either, but his qualifications are made manifest by his ivy league education, cosmopolitan background, urban connections and endorsements from other powerful

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-69351446885725773242008-08-31T15:01:00.005-04:002008-08-31T16:56:12.271-04:00

If you think John McCain's choice of VP has somehow guaranteed Obama the election, you have an information gap.Last time I checked the statistics, there were more Democrats than Republicans in this country, but the Democrats were more likely to defect or stay home.Liberals comprised something like 18% of the population. (This is something that the Democratic party activists and bloggers love to

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-10036599278829934072008-08-30T08:39:00.001-04:002008-08-30T10:29:29.509-04:00

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-33379133804423474912008-08-30T06:02:00.000-04:002008-08-30T06:02:00.825-04:00

So the latest talking point is, McCain could die - in fact will die! - and then this inexperienced woman would be President!Sounds great to conservative women. But never mind that.The fact is, everyone who isn't already on board the Obama-train knows that Obama is just as inexperienced as Palin. So the real question is:Would you like your inexperienced politician to take over the Presidence after

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-35837366366537850652008-08-30T05:45:00.000-04:002008-08-30T05:45:00.805-04:00

From Salon*:For the true Hillary holdouts, the handful of so-called PUMAs who spent this week jawing about how they were going to vote for John McCain, these antiwoman stances aren't likely to make a dent. These agitators will not consider that picking Palin, a politician with only a few years of experience, is a pandering and condescending sop toward them, one that suggests that by dint of her

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-92062908408626910362008-08-29T20:35:00.009-04:002008-08-29T21:25:41.653-04:00

an apology: I keep finding myself repeating The Confluence word for word. I apologize for any copying. It's not intentional. It's just that my thoughts echo theirs on this issue, and also because the writers there put things into words so well that the words stick. (And, of course, the issue of how the Democratic party has been treating its female Hillary supporters is an issue that has been

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-8950525497511896422008-08-29T08:20:00.005-04:002008-08-29T08:28:04.430-04:00

From The Denver Group: Now that the Democratic party has "installed" a nominee using a sham roll call vote in a rigged nominating procedure that had more in common with the government of Iran or China than anything American the question is what to do next.The leadership of the Democratic Party, along with those who have chosen to go along with it, has subverted and undermined every democratic and

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-20152096188948178232008-08-28T23:40:00.000-04:002008-08-28T23:40:00.462-04:00

heard on the radio:1. the convention was so unified! the party is so unified!2. it's all so choreographed!3. isn't it funny how much hatred lurks behind that fake facade!what a joke Democrats are! HAHAhahahaha!(Yeah. I think America is falling for the act. Hook line and sinker. Nobody can tell that the Unity isn't real. You think?)

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-27690976219593737662008-08-28T08:29:00.003-04:002008-08-28T08:36:12.854-04:00

From The Confluence:My sense is that this election isn’t resting on the “issues.” It’s resting on the Clintons. Apparently, they’ve got more to do if they’re going to successfully carry Barack Obama across the finish line. Speeches? The BEST speeches of the convention — that’s not good enough. We’ve seen their body language and they FAILED. They must do more. Seriously. Well, I don’t think they

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-14249284113514442132008-08-27T05:59:00.006-04:002008-08-27T08:23:19.217-04:00

From the YouTube page featuring Hillary's speech:DanishDog (4 hours ago) this is heartbreaking ... Hillary, don't ever go away!mike50333 (4 hours ago)What? It's heartbreaking that Hillary's made a 100% undeniable, manipulative-less endorsement of Senator Obama?!It's heartbreaking that Hillary has passed the torch over to Senator Obama?It's heartbreaking that Hillary has urged you dumbasses to

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-9311877660600079592008-08-27T05:54:00.000-04:002008-08-27T05:56:24.608-04:00

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-16168328269550367112008-08-26T07:02:00.000-04:002008-08-26T07:02:00.201-04:00

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-70442028737939687512008-08-26T07:01:00.000-04:002008-08-26T07:01:01.037-04:00

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-40062867841977143062008-08-26T05:40:00.000-04:002008-08-26T05:40:00.577-04:00

One rotten, two rotten, three rotten Democrats.....What will we do with them all?Forget them, do nothing, shrug and say, well, politics = corrupt?We need to come up with better than that if we ever want to see a participatory democracy here in America.From Alegre's Corner:The 16 Super Delegates listed below represent states and districts that voted for Hillary Clinton, sometimes overwhelmingly so

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-26968358742526972462008-08-26T05:01:00.000-04:002008-08-26T05:01:00.361-04:00

From the Washington Post:Sen. Barack Obama's team will continue its aggressive outreach to evangelical voters at the Democratic National Convention next week. Making a prime-time appearance Thursday night will be Joel C. Hunter, a Florida megachurch pastor who will deliver the convention's closing prayer following Obama's speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination. Hunter is a

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-32043646587352476502008-08-23T21:19:00.008-04:002008-08-23T22:09:14.827-04:00

Anglachel's got a new post up about affirmative action. She can't understand why people are so "hostile" to affirmative action.One of the things that surprised me in the comments was the extreme hostility to affirmative action itself.The post also perpetrates the notion that the alternative (presumably the only alternative) to affirmative action must be doing nothing at all about discrimination:

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-86811776941422537282008-08-22T05:15:00.001-04:002008-08-22T05:15:00.811-04:00

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-2873728461601300142008-08-22T05:10:00.003-04:002008-08-22T07:11:55.012-04:00

Most liberals I have spoken with seem confused about the notion of "family values". The liberals keep thinking in terms of individuals and choice - as in people "choosing" to nurture, or "choosing" one's partner, or even "choosing" to have children. (As if family had something to do with preferences. Crazy thought.)So many Republicans seem to hate their family members - and seem so eager to

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-67892949568300299552008-08-21T16:42:00.003-04:002008-08-21T16:48:25.303-04:00

Sorry for the disappearing act - I had Stuff that appeared in my life. You know - the sort of Stuff that just sort of takes over and seems like the only important thing left in the universe....So I can't do the daily quote anymore :( I just do not have the time.Also, is it just me or has the election just ground down into two losers playing at being losers? I mean, aside from hoping that Hillary

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-51940783268307543232008-07-12T16:14:00.002-04:002008-07-12T16:16:36.632-04:00

I did not intend to create a blog name that is the same as the name of an existing product. I chose the word "notepad" because the words "diary", "journal", and "notebook" all have additional meanings in the so-called blogosphere. (Perhaps "notepad" does too, and I am just not aware of it.)In any case, I did not mean to borrow or play on someone's name. Apologies for any confusion.

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-72956133776525519692008-07-11T05:15:00.000-04:002008-07-11T05:15:00.790-04:00

Apparently "everyone" lives in terror of being called a racist:At this point, it is crucial to make a few facts absolutely clear. The worst accusation that can be made about someone who engages in political debate and discussion in this country is that he or she is a racist. This is not a disagreement, even a vehement one, about a specific view on a specific subject: it is, and is meant to be, an

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-3855923238265566672008-07-10T05:39:00.003-04:002008-07-10T05:44:10.993-04:00

The real grassroots movement needed is one to retake our ability to judge and hold our elected officials accountable.To be effective (unlike what we've got now) this will first mean we need to stop using that power to judge to try to make our fellow voters conform to our ("thought police") vision of what they ought to think and how they ought to vote. We remember how to use our power wisely.It

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-16188282219125634212008-07-10T05:34:00.004-04:002008-07-10T05:34:33.051-04:00

Those who voted for this need to be made aware that this blow to our Constitution will not be forgotten, will not be forgiven, and will not be excused.WASHINGTON (AP) — Bowing to President Bush's demands, the Senate sent the White House a bill Wednesday overhauling bitterly disputed rules on secret government eavesdropping and shielding telecommunications companies from lawsuits complaining they

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-68631350547221091902008-07-08T15:01:00.001-04:002008-07-08T15:06:22.105-04:00

Sexism didn't cost Hillary Clinton the election.Yes, she faced misogyny. But she understood - in a way many of her supporters obviously do not - that she could never be credible as a leader* unless she took every smear they threw at her and defeated it and won voters' respect anyway.Which she did.Hillary Clinton lost because the DNC did everything in its power to flip the election to its

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-44787887226997017702008-07-08T05:07:00.006-04:002008-07-08T05:40:40.992-04:00

I hope all those people who said we have to vote for Obama because McCain will decimate Roe vs. Wade will appreciation Obama's abortion rhetoric now that he has come out in favor of a much stricter, narrowed definition of the "health of the mother" standard:Obama recently gave an interview in which he seemed to back off his broad support of abortion rights, saying, "I think it’s entirely

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-82428176304069941912008-07-07T05:30:00.001-04:002008-07-07T05:30:00.786-04:00

I have seen some blogs carrying Lt. Col. West's statement rebutting Obama's race-baiting in Florida.My advice to Senator Obama is to run as a Man and Leader, and the American people will evaluate you as such, not as a victim. This is a Presidential race, based solely on a capacity to lead the United States of America. It is not about skin tone…however, perhaps we should come to expect these

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-72521256783126305482008-07-06T05:47:00.001-04:002008-07-06T05:47:00.650-04:00

ok this is just creepy:Barack Obama’s campaign is considering moving his nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention from the Pepsi Center to Invesco Field at Mile High to allow tens of thousands to witness the historic moment, sources say. The move would mark a major departure from tradition, but would be in keeping with the candidate’s desire to build a large grass-roots

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-60901892956301761622008-07-06T05:22:00.005-04:002008-07-06T07:19:06.727-04:00

Since I posted the PUMA Declaration of Objections (here) I must say, I don't agree wholeheartedly with the document, because it conflates issues that ought to remain separate and even hierarchical.Call this ideological. I realize that I am nobody and that my critique is not particularly welcome, but oh well: this is one of those things where you just gotta say it.While identity politics

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-9561597390691005302008-07-06T05:09:00.001-04:002008-07-06T05:09:00.541-04:00

Got this from here but it's making the rounds. I am going to take the liberty of reposting it in full, since I understand its makers want it seen first and foremost:Declaration of Objections July 4, 2008 by annabellep When, in the course of U. S. Presidential Elections, it becomes necessary for one portion of a political party to assume among the people of the nation a position different from

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-91215252336467337932008-07-03T06:24:00.002-04:002008-07-03T07:00:04.502-04:00

The Wall Street Journal:We're beginning to understand why Barack Obama keeps protesting so vigorously against the prospect of "George Bush's third term." Maybe he's worried that someone will notice that he's the candidate who's running for it. Most Presidential candidates adapt their message after they win their party nomination, but Mr. Obama isn't merely "running to the center." He's fleeing

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-70675886393844410902008-07-03T05:05:00.002-04:002008-07-03T05:40:11.713-04:00

I really hate it when they talk like this - it's like watching people gamble with other peoples' body parts or something:The U.S. would profit globally from a failed Obama presidency more than it would from a successful McCain presidency. That's the sort of provocative, but plausible, statement that lies at the heart of the famous Oxford Union debates. Disagree?

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-51353632246093785132008-07-02T10:34:00.005-04:002008-07-02T10:45:24.926-04:00

Meet the new GOP Democrat.Barack Obama said Tuesday that if he were elected president he'd have his own version of President Bush's office of faith-based initiatives that would "help set our national agenda" and inject morality into policy debates about everything from AIDS to genocide.Imagine this man, with his superior 'judgment', taking it upon himself to dispense morality single-handedly.As

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-35253247358133014372008-07-02T05:42:00.003-04:002008-07-02T05:42:14.315-04:00

What happens in Denver is an excellent metric to measure them all by though. No one who voted for Hillary should consider voting for Obama unless the votes are counted properly in Denver. Period. I can even handle SD’s selecting Obama over Hillary for whatever lame reasons they have, but only if everyone sees the real votes out in the light of day.- commenter, The ConfluenceThe Denver GroupSet up

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-20281709639030324352008-07-02T05:18:00.000-04:002008-07-02T05:18:00.560-04:00

via By The Fault

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REASONS WHY I WILL NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA (and you shouldn't, either) #5Now I don't even know what party he's running for. With an eye toward courting evangelical voters, Senator Barack Obama arrived here on Tuesday to present a plan to expand on President Bush’s program of investing federal money in religious-based initiatives that are intended to fight poverty and perform community aid work. “

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-55209219987745745592008-07-01T05:30:00.010-04:002008-07-01T06:24:17.420-04:00

If I were a protester, I'd find a way to protest that does work.I mean, isn't being seen sort of the point?The Denver Post:The fence around the public demonstration zone outside the Democratic National Convention will be chicken wire or chain link, authorities revealed in U.S. District Court today. That may allow protestors to be seen and heard by delegates going in and out of the Pepsi Center

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-48228469802747230932008-07-01T05:18:00.008-04:002008-07-01T05:18:01.114-04:00

Warning! Warning! Do not jump into the fight about whether or not Darragh Murphy is or is not a Republican.For one thing, you don't know who she is - or what her motives are. What if she is? How do you know she isn't?So what if it were true? What if she were a Republican? What if it turned out she was some sort of real villain - a lying, cheating saboteur who also steals peoples' boyfriends just

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-5158915074066645472008-06-30T05:21:00.001-04:002008-06-30T05:21:00.399-04:00

Democrats (real Democrats) want to know what Obama stands for! What Obama thinks the Democratic party stands for! TheHill.com:Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) has yet to officially endorse Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president and indicated he will not rally his liberal supporters this fall until he knows “what the party stands for.” In an interview this week, Kucinich said it is too early to see

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-39241248108434912322008-06-30T05:19:00.003-04:002008-06-30T06:40:03.158-04:00

PUMA people: do not think that just because you really, sincerely can't support what the Democratic party has done and is doing, that therefore the Republicans had nothing to do with what is happening now.Get this straight: when it comes to strategy, they really are smarter than you*.Remember earlier? How Rush Limbaugh bragged about "Operation Chaos"? This is Operation Chaos in action, folks.The

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-55773587102437760922008-06-29T05:03:00.000-04:002008-06-29T05:05:47.499-04:00

REASONS WHY I WILL NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA (and you shouldn't, either) #4blaming the votersis IMO the sure sign of exactly the sort of candidate we need to reject - whatever his party affiliation.I will not vote for any candidate who blames me for not being what he needs.I want a candidate who sees it as his job to be what we need.It's a master-and-servant thing. I want the voters to always be the one

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-59652809600849060782008-06-29T05:01:00.000-04:002008-06-29T05:04:30.218-04:00

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-62254159752589482962008-06-28T05:09:00.002-04:002008-06-28T05:37:36.951-04:00

REASONS WHY I WILL NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA (and you shouldn't, either) #3Obama's endorsement of pro-war, pro-spying Bush-BoyObama opposes people like Regina Thomas - while endorsing a guy who is not progressive. We don't need more Democrats who rubberstamp Bush's wish list!Barrow is one of the most reactionary members of Congress, and he's facing a progressive primary challenger in Regina Thomas......

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jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-44083446592167414692008-06-28T05:00:00.001-04:002008-06-28T05:00:00.581-04:00

From the LA Times:For her part, Clinton declared the support that many Democrats want to hear more of between now and November. From the Boston Globe:He then said that he needs Clinton and former president Bill Clinton to win and to bring unity to the country.Why is it always up to her to bring unity? Why can't he accept that it is his responsibility? Does he not even get what leadership is? Does

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-31139196962331479822008-06-27T07:15:00.002-04:002008-06-27T07:23:50.006-04:00

I have decided to turn comments back on. I hope people will be civil (and not try to sell me Ukranian pornography).

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-89370893488953900002008-06-27T06:19:00.007-04:002008-06-27T09:28:38.791-04:00

update: if anyone is confused by my posting pro-puma stuff after my earlier post openly questioning the guy who is now calling himself a spokesperson for puma, sorry for any confusion.I don't know if I myself count as a "puma" or not. I don't like Obama, rigged elections, or misogyny. But I am a skeptical type - and I am not volunteering for any focus group, and I am being careful where I send

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-85614999731998842442008-06-27T05:44:00.003-04:002008-06-27T05:44:00.723-04:00

The Washington Post has an article on the resistance to "Unity On Command": Mantouvalos, a self-described independent who grew up in Boston and said she nearly always votes Democratic, believes party leaders are underestimating the seriousness of the opposition movement. Using various metrics -- e-mails to JustSayNoDeal.com (125,000), databases of organizations involved with the effort,

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-28839544038970902732008-06-26T20:29:00.001-04:002008-06-26T20:29:00.288-04:00

REASONS WHY I WILL NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA (and you shouldn't, either) #2I value integrity in our election processes.Because without the right to vote, what other rights are safe?A vote in favor of a candidate who won via an obviously rigged election is a vote in favor of election-rigging as a valid form of political discourse.Without honest elections, no other issue matters - because the voter gets

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-32288720623347595912008-06-26T02:07:00.005-04:002008-06-26T02:34:58.540-04:00

You can't "act white".This is a game I ain't playin', and I hope other people are as fed up with it as I am. Black is a description of race. Nobody has to (or can) audition for the role. You either are descended from African people or you aren't.If you are descended from African people, you get to have pride in your heritage whether others approve of your behavior, clothes, attitude, etc. or not

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-46452218503823139072008-06-25T12:05:00.006-04:002008-06-26T05:08:45.985-04:00

REASONS WHY I WILL NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA (and you shouldn't, either) #1a coalition requires give and take that works both ways.I am not an ATM machine. If I give something, I want something back.But Obama and Donna Brazile seem proud to have thrown the so-called "old coalition" out of the party.So why would I - or anyone else from that old coalition - vote for him?I used to wonder why Democrats are

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-634280027458804812008-06-25T05:42:00.000-04:002008-06-25T12:35:07.727-04:00

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-29959976247064542842008-06-25T05:21:00.013-04:002008-06-25T12:00:37.675-04:00

Mary Curtis in the Washington Post pretends to want to know why (white!) women aren't rushing to defend Michelle Obama from sexism, which has just now become a reeeeal problem.possible answer #1: because sexism isn't a serious problem? Just ask Nancy Pelosi: Michelle should find she gets a tremendous upside from being a woman. So just don't worry about sexist comments.possible answer #2: because

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-80295923737863946582008-06-24T05:22:00.000-04:002008-06-24T05:22:00.965-04:00

A new approach to energy conservation: the...George Bush Solar Chariot?Schwinn's electric bicycle - now if only we could get our elected officials to quit yapping about how evil we are for using so much energy, maybe we could persuade them to build us some goddamned bike lanes - so that we could ride one of these things without getting killed?

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-22525147052633293522008-06-24T01:41:00.000-04:002008-06-24T01:41:17.129-04:00

This election cycle has been psy-ops gone mad.Those who are not our friends are using a type of stuff called glamour. This is a well-known magick from the land of Faerie. It clouds visions and makes you chase the impossible. It leads you around in circles. You're almost there - the beautiful land full of beautiful people and - wham! - suddenly you are old and cold and bereft and alone. And the

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-3425119836747008982008-06-22T05:07:00.000-04:002008-06-22T05:07:00.691-04:00

Is Obama's Great Seal illegal?The Weekly Standard: Did Obama break the law? 18 USC Sec. 713 ...(a) Whoever knowingly displays any printed or other likeness of the great seal of the United States, or of the seals of the President or the Vice President of the United States, or the seal of the United States Senate, or the seal of the United States House of

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-13608201636351185062008-06-21T05:03:00.000-04:002008-06-21T05:03:01.181-04:00

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-57662336520489432472008-06-21T05:01:00.006-04:002008-06-21T05:26:17.857-04:00

We will TELL you what is an issue.So shut up and sit down and try to get this straight: We decide which issues are important.We decide whether we're better than the Republicans, and we say we are.And we decide whether we're "better enough". Hell, if we're even three per cent better, that's better enough. So quit your complaining, Hillary voters!If we cared about your opinion, well - you'd know it

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-45855928201090561572008-06-20T05:04:00.002-04:002008-06-20T05:04:00.983-04:00

Analysis: Obama chose winning over keeping his wordThe Democrat once made a conditional agreement to accept taxpayer money from the public financing system, and accompanying spending limits, if his Republican opponent did, too.No more.Politicians will start treating us seriously when we start making them - not until then. If we let them get away with it, they will lie and lie and lie some

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-82594153365200639522008-06-19T05:01:00.001-04:002008-06-19T05:01:00.453-04:00

We all know that Obama gets all his funding in small, unmarked bills, from ordinary Americans. Except, of course, for the big nuclear guys and Wall Street - but never mind them; if the media doesn't make it a story, it's not real, so that's OK.Same, of course, for the tough questions about Rezko. I am sure those questions will be asked someday.But still I wonder about Obama's mysterious backers,

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-79095733270615828302008-06-18T06:23:00.003-04:002008-06-18T06:43:29.484-04:00

Does Obama want the Democratic party to fail?I mean - I get that he doesn't care about old core constituency groups. But he seems to be going out of his way to drive them into Republican arms. As if doing so will help him win the election or something?I would sure love to know what is really going on. This election makes no sense*.You'd think that once Clinton supporters did get on the Obama

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-66980391523315762042008-06-18T05:18:00.000-04:002008-06-18T05:18:00.491-04:00

E.J. Dionne writes:Will everyone dismiss Barack Obama's Father's Day call to responsible parenting as a simple political ploy? After all, the man who would be our first African-American president is struggling for support from white working-class voters, many of whom have traditional views of family life and some of whom harbor deep suspicions about black men. What could be more reassuring to

jacilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126045149474617324.post-8061935844551925752008-06-17T21:55:00.005-04:002008-06-26T08:47:17.268-04:00

OK, I guess I am a low-information voter. Because I did not realize the the Democratic candidate was chosen before the date of the convention was. I thought the voters had something to do with choosing the nominee.But the Democrats' commitment to the first black candidate is strong enough that they set their convention to be held on the date of the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I

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