Daily Kos
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2006-03
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Kneejerking Back At Kos.
2006-03-09.
Grrr. This makes me sound like a wingnut again, but this Daily Kos post pisses me off: U.S. To Close Abu Ghraib. “Georgia10” tells us that the U.S. is turning Abu Ghraib back over to the Iraqis, and then commences preaching about the “culture of abuse and maltreatment” in other U.S. prisons.
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georgia10 Makes The List.
2006-03-22.
(Heh.. I just discovered georgia10 is a “her,” not a “him,” so I am quickly revising my text.)
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PunDippety Specifics.
2006-03-23.
I’ve been challenged to point out exactly why it’s self-evident why I inducted georgia10 into the PunDip Hall of Fame yesterday. Today I’m thinking maybe I was a little too harsh on her – she’s a youthful idealist, after all, and apparently has no understanding yet of how the life-crushing machinery of the cold, cruel world actually works. Maybe I shouldn’t squash her Utopian dreams so soon in life.
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SusanG Inducted Too.
2006-03-24.
I’ve identified another PunDip on Daily Kos: SusanG. No substance, just entertaining prose. Maybe PunDip isn’t the right word.
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On Al-Haramain and Government Wiretapping.
2006-03-24.
(Today’s been very dull, if you hadn’t noticed.)
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It\’s Mock georgia10 Monday.
2006-03-27.
Georgia10 continues her supremely intellectual “liar, liar, pants on fire” personal vendetta against the president: Liar in Chief. I shall dumb down my writing to a level she can understand.
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georgia10 Smitten By Real Security.
2006-03-30.
Well, well, it looks like the great georgia10 is quite smitten by this newly unveiled Democratic “Real Security” “plan:” Real Security, Part II. So smitten, in fact, that one has to wonder if she is not on the Democratic party payroll (the word “shill” comes to mind). She even calls it “tough and smart,” a verbatim recitation of the party line.
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2006-04
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georgia10 Wins 2005 Koufax Awards.
2006-04-04.
Well, well. (He says with undisguised contempt.) The 2005 Koufax Awards, apparently a celebration of the most melodramatic anti-conservative blogs (I have to speculate, since there is nothing on that page indicating what the Koufax Awards actually award *), has voted georgia10 the Best Commenter of 2005. So congrats to her.
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Comparing and Contrasting.
2006-04-06.
Just so you know, georgia10 is now literally writing fiction for dKos: The Week the Gloves Came Off. It’s not much different from what she was doing before, actually. I think she could learn a few debating tricks from Al Franken: An Evening with Ann Coulter: Opening Statement.
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2006-05
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BushLiedPerchesDied.
2006-05-09.
DailyKos says: Bush lied about that perch. Which was based on the reporting of Americablog, which says: Bush tells German paper he caught the largest fresh-water perch in world history. Which was based on the “reporting” of the Stacy Taylor Show on KLSD-AM in San Diego.
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SusanG Jumps To Conclusions… Again.
2006-05-22.
I think I’ve made it clear in the past that I’m not a fan of DailyKos (especially georgia10 and SusanG.) They’re Their [oops] goal, after all, is to “crash the gate” (a euphemism for overthrowing the government), presumably by any means necessary. Here’s another reason why they are an untrustworthy propaganda machine, from last Friday: Gitmo: The Hell You Can’t Escape By Dying. SusanG quotes an AP story about prisoners attacking guards trying to stop an attempted suicide, and then writes.
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Question Authority (and Bloggers).
2006-05-26.
A commenter wondered what was wrong with DailyKos making money. I don’t mind Kos making money from his blog, but I think it’s important to understand the motivations of any opinion writer (especially ones in positions of public influence). I think most people would assume that a community-driven “revolution,” as dKos is perceived, is a selfless, non-profit effort (I know I would).
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Where’s The Outrage?.
2006-05-30.
I guess even bloggers have a hard time getting back into the swing of things after a 3-day weekend. The blogosphere seems to be working hard to manufacture outrage today.
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2006-06
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BlogPac Good or Evil?.
2006-06-07.
I saw this post a few days ago: BlogPac: For the Netroots, From the Netroots. It’s advertising a site where you can donate to so-called “netroots” candidates, or to this thing called “BlogPac,” which is basically a bank account to fund the MyDD/DailyKos people in improving the “image” of the netroots. (Also, buried in the middle of a paragraph, they also “need to be paid for the work [they] do.” Caveat emptor.)
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Who\’s Duping Who?.
2006-06-11.
Here’s my humorous Virginia politics observation for the day.
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Kos Power Watch.
2006-06-12.
It’s probably no surprise to regular readers that I don’t think very highly of Daily Kos. They have a sweet siren song, but they’re just power hungry elitists like everyone else in politics. In case you’re wondering, here is georgia10’s advice if you want to be endorsed by the Kos power elite: A Single-Step Guide For Democrats.
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Markos Gains The Moral Bilgewater.
2006-06-22.
I think of Markos as a shrewd latter-day dot-com entrepreneur trying to exploit progressives (actually, it’s more like he’s successfully exploiting progressives). But then I saw Monday’s Midday open thread, and started to think that his dot-com success must be pure luck, because he’s clearly prone to sticking his foot in his mouth. It pains me to point out the same thing that Little Green Footballs did, but lest it be forgotten amidst all the “Ko$ola” accusations swirling around (which I might comment about later) this bit of Kos wisdom deserves to be highlighted again.
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Disturbing Daily Kos Analogy.
2006-06-26.
I won’t comment on the so-called Ko$ola scandal, since you can read about it in excruciating detail elsewhere (see background below). Suffice it to say it just reinforces, albeit circumstantially, my existing suspicions about Daily Kos.
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2007-02
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Biden Announces, Shoots Foot.
2007-02-01.
Sen. Joseph Biden announced his official intention to run for president in 2008 and simultaneously ensured he will lose every Democratic primary all in one fell swoop: Biden Says He’s In…Again.
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