Jan - 27th
Is The End Near For Liberal Blogs?
Posted at 11:03 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
Will a democratic victory in 2008 spell doom for liberal blogs? That may be true, unfortunately. The rise of blogs, liberal blogs in particular, came out of the growing public disgust for the contemptible Bush administration. And Bush's unconscionable reelection victory in 2004 only led to increased liberal blogging.
It should be noted that the entire [...]
Nov - 30th
Reason No. 17 To Not Read Any DailyKos Straw Poll
Posted at 11:37 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
Dennis Kucinich places third.
Although I do agree that John Edwards is an electable boy.
Nov - 1st
Resurgent Draft: Arm of the Democratic Warfare
Posted at 11:58 am | Filed Under Resurgent Drafts
I started this post on January 31, 2006, and never finished it. I used the theme partially the following day, but not completely. I have tried on many occasions -- probably too many -- to make the point that DailyKos, like other liberal-leaning large group-blogs, are much more than political opinionists now, that they have [...]
Oct - 22nd
13 Million People Read This Blog
Posted at 10:19 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
Now that I think about it, maybe 13 million people are reading this blog. Everyday. And since I have installed several scaling mechanisms on the back-end, I am confident this site can handle such traffic. So why not? Why not 13 million?
This calls for a new slogan... reyonthehill, read by 13 million people, everyday. (Take [...]
Sep - 17th
In the News… Again.
Posted at 3:39 pm | Filed Under In the News
- Markos (of DailyKos) turned down a meeting with Bill Clinton, because he "had better things to do with [his] time." That's dumb. I've got better things to do than blog, but I still do it. (What am I saying? No I don't.)
- Bush really wants a speedy confirmation of his newly-appointed attorney general. By [...]
Jun - 21st
In the News… the Blogger-Induced Version.
Posted at 4:33 pm | Filed Under In the News
- Michael Bloomberg has been planning his entrance into the race for the White House the past two years. Will he make a splash? A big one, if he does commit. I'm hoping he does; it'll make things interesting.
- The era of zero accountability continues... "Vice President Dick Cheney has asserted his office is not [...]
Jun - 21st
In the News
Posted at 8:41 am | Filed Under In the News
- Uh-oh, Ralph Nader is supposedly pondering a run. Says Nader, "The two parties are still converging -- they don't even debate the military budget anymore. I really think there needs to be more competition from outside the two parties." I agree, the two-party system hurts the natural breakdown of the American voting public. And, [...]
Feb - 21st
In the News… y2k7.
Posted at 8:22 am | Filed Under In the News
- Cheney's first-hand accounts of Iraq aren't so first-hand: "Cheney said he had spoken with a friend who traveled recently from Baghdad to Basra and 'found the situation dramatically improved from a year or so ago.'" That isn't what my friend told me.
- The anti-Tauscher movement (started by Kos) has gone mainstream. (I am not [...]
Feb - 12th
Ripping On Kos (Again)
Posted at 8:27 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
I know I tend to rip on DailyKos often, but out of all the mindless bloggers at his website, the only readable writer is Kos. When I do peruse the monster blog, which happens to be daily, I only look for his posts, because he is the only one that actually has a sense of [...]
Feb - 7th
In the News
Posted at 8:30 am | Filed Under In the News
- "'President Hillary Rodham Clinton' is increasingly seen by veteran Republican politicians and strategists as a virtual inevitability." But what will DailyKos do to stop it?
- Environmentalists and Bush agree on at least one thing: a feasibility study to examine the removal of Hetch-Hetchy Dam, which provides water and electricity to the city of San [...]
Dec - 19th
In the News
Posted at 8:52 am | Filed Under In the News
- Kos continues his overzealous attacks on California Democrat Ellen Tauscher, who has supposedly "consistently undermined the Democratic Party." Much like Joe Lieberman, I guess. Alas, Lieberman is still in office.
- With the incoming Speaker of the House being from San Francisco, my representative in Congress has more power in Washington. "Rep. George Miller [or] [...]
Dec - 17th
Yet Another Democrat Targeted By Kos
Posted at 1:46 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
You know, I don't mean to be contrite and all, and I don't usually like to get involved with -- or start -- some silly blog-mudslinging, but I have had a few drinks, and I really want to say this, because it has gone on for too long.
Fuck you, Markos. Just because you don't agree [...]
Aug - 9th
In the News… Wet Ass.
Posted at 7:59 am | Filed Under In the News
- Ana Marie Cox has stopped apologizing for not blogging, and then continued blogging.
- "On one blog, you might find incisive commentary and brilliant analysis; on another, you might see angry and ugly name-calling," writes Jake Tapper. Well, I hope I'm the former. (And I do acknowledge that I had nothing to do with this [...]
Jul - 24th
Not A Phone Call, A Link To Contribute
Posted at 3:59 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
One of the most ridiculous statements Markos Moulitsas (of DailyKos) has ever made came in an interview with Jake Tapper: "I can't call up strangers and beg for money. I think it's demeaning."
If you don't see a plea for contributions when you visit DailyKos, reload the page... it's coming.
Jul - 13th
Tapper Comes To Oakland (For Kos)
Posted at 10:41 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
Hey, Jake. I am at work right now in downtown Oakland (it is much nicer than it sounds). Please stop by and say hello.
As a liberal blogger, I have stopped in and cross-published a handful of times at the site, but I mainly stay away from the cult-like parade of lunatics that make up the [...]
Jul - 11th
Investigating Katrina Levee Failures, An Engineer’s Lecture
Posted at 7:38 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
I will be at a conference/lecture all day today (no, not a conference for bloggers, silly; that would be pathetic). I will be going to a ground modification seminar hosted by Hayward Baker. The keynote speaker is the esteemed James Duncan, Ph.D., formerly of my alma mater, the University of California, Berkeley, and now at [...]
Jul - 10th
Throwing Stones At Kaus, Kos
Posted at 2:54 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
I don't know what is more funny: the war that has erupted between the-ever-so-ugly Mickey Kaus and Kos (maybe it is because their nicknames are so similar, but Kaus spends half of his day writing about Jesus, er, I mean Markos) or the willingness of the DailyKos readership to heed to Markos' demands to contribute [...]
Jun - 23rd
In the News… Suicide, Skeletons and Bush.
Posted at 12:52 pm | Filed Under In the News
- Alright, I am breaking my hockey silence now that Sabres coach Lindy Ruff earned Coach of the Year honors, and I don't have to kill myself.
- It is true what they say, everyone has skeletons in their closet, including bloggers. Including Markos and whomever and whomever that help Kos lead this supposed army of [...]
Jun - 16th
Honey, About That Transsexual You Met On DailyKos
Posted at 10:06 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
Every now and then (and more frequently as of late) I will cross-publish a post of mine on DailyKos, one that I feel is worthy enough (or funny enough) to publicize and be used as means to market my blog and my endless talent. The problem with DailyKos, a point-of-view that I have long blogged [...]
Feb - 15th
Right-Wingers Attack Jake Tapper’s Blog; I Defend
Posted at 9:56 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
One of my favorite blogs, and the only blog I take the time to comment on (except for the occassional Daily Kos and Huffington Post comment), is Jake Tapper's Down and Dirty at ABC News. The most pressing story of late, duh, is the "Cheney-shooting-hunting-buddy-in-the-face" thing, and Jake, as a member of the media, has [...]
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