New Meme: We Built That (Mess)

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Tuesday August 28, 2012 · 9:58 AM PDT

2012/08/28 · 09:58

For my first post in years, I thought I'd commemorate the GOP Convention's theme, "We Built That," with some meme macros:

http://www.quickmeme.com/...

Yep. Whether it be the ruination of schools, the impoverishment of Americans, the destruction of Iraq, or the flooding of New Orleans, they have one thing in common--they occurred because of reckless Republican policies. In other words, "We Built That" writ large.

Feel free to create your own meme macro! Make sure to use the meme name "We Built That" and set the category to "Politics" when you do, so the above link will include your addition.

Schiavo: My wife's rant

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Tuesday March 29, 2005 · 5:17 PM PST

2005/03/29 · 17:17

My spouse Thea is not the type to be overtly political. She did vote last November, the first time she did so in many years. She reads the news but generally feels that there is little she, or anyone else, can do to change the situation. I've been trying to gently persuade Thea that we need to take more action to reverse our country's course, but sometimes in my passion I come off a little shrill and we wind up arguing. (I can hear her scoffing now--"HA! 'Gently'? 'A little'?!?" Ah, but such is love....)

But while many issues require her numbness to cope, the Terry Schiavo case has driven Thea to tears, and more, to words. Read More

Fuel For Thought 2/24/05: Alcohol--Savior Of The World?

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Thursday February 24, 2005 · 3:16 PM PST

2005/02/24 · 15:16

Pardon the exaggeration above, but this Fuel For Thought discusses the potential of ethanol, especially in light of new ways to create it. Also, some major changes are in play--more opinion, less attempts to roundup every bit of data that comes my way. Less is more--after the bump. Read More

The Cussingest Televangelist -- RIP

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Tuesday February 22, 2005 · 10:34 AM PST

2005/02/22 · 10:34

I know that the deaths of Hunter S. Thompson has aggrieved many of us here, and for good reason. He was one of the great iconoclasts, but more so, he was a cantankerous ol' coot with a healthy dose of outrage at the powerful for their raping of the American Dream. He lashed out, partially through acid-and-booze soaked misadventures that left many perplexed if not furious, but more so through his insightful and delightful writing, which reached millions who laughed for all the right reasons while stoking their own fires of righteousness.

Alas, the very next day, we lost another gem of a curmudgeonly iconoclast--Dr. Gene Scott, the man Spin once called the "Morton Downey, Jr. of televangelists." He was one of the greats--a truly sincere Christian with a foul temper and a fouler mouth, a shaggy head of white hair, a cigar clenched between his teeth, and a lot of righteous anger of his own.
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Fuel For Thought 2/10/05: Pebble Bed Reactors--The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

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Thursday February 10, 2005 · 4:44 PM PST

2005/02/10 · 16:44

Once again, Fuel For Thought is back, focusing again on nuclear power--but with a twist or two. Pebble bed reactors, nuclear industry smoke-and-mirrors, new power plant emission rules in the works in California, lots of excellent dKos energy diaries, and more--after the bump!
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CSMonitor name-checks dKos, uses as citation for global warming article

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Wednesday February 09, 2005 · 11:04 PM PST

2005/02/09 · 23:04

I was going to simply put this in the latest Fuel For Thought, but I didn't want to wait to share.

An online Christian Science Monitor article on global warming as world security threat recounts how Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, Bush's annointed nay-sayer on climate change, said at an international meeting that carbon dioxide levels were dangerously high and needed to be reduced drastically, immediately, to ensure humanity's survival. Dr. Pachauri replaced his predecessor as chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change because Exxon wanted someone less vocal in the role.

The article cites gfactor's diary on how this development is a major blow to the Bush Administration:

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Fuel For Thought 2/3/05: The Nuclear Option

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Thursday February 03, 2005 · 12:09 PM PST

2005/02/03 · 12:09

After being under the weather for the past week, I am proud to say that Fuel For Thought is back, with a full tank of nuclear energy concerns and a suprise investment in solar energy from a source I wouldn't have expected--or wanted.

All this and more, after the bump.
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Kali's Lesson For Me--And For Progressives

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Thursday February 03, 2005 · 10:19 AM PST

2005/02/03 · 10:19

It's not every day that a god that I don't worship makes a difference in my life. Most of the few days when that does happen tend to be uncomfortable--witness fundamentalists' attempts to make life harder and more unfair for LGBT persons. But now and then, a slice of divinity bestows grace upon me, usually in unexpected ways.

Who would've expected grace to be bestowed by a deity whose titles include "Devourer of Worlds" and "Night of Destruction"?
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Reaching For Eternity: Science and Spirituality Reconciled?

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Friday January 21, 2005 · 12:10 PM PST

2005/01/21 · 12:10

Note: This essay is compiled from two different, but convergent, lines of thought I have been mulling over the past week or so. I have tried to bring them together in a whole here. I apologize in advance of any of this seems rambling.

The full essay continues after the jump....
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Fuel For Thought Vol. 2: Peak Oil, Canadian Kyoto Woes, BioWillie and More

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Wednesday January 19, 2005 · 10:29 AM PST

2005/01/19 · 10:29

Fuel For Thought is back, and this week, we are focusing on Peak Oil, problems with Canada meeting their Kyoto obligations, and support for biodiesel from an unexpected direction.

All this and more, after the bump....
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Fuel For Thought Vol. 1: Energy News, Talk, & Snark

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Wednesday January 12, 2005 · 7:40 AM PST

2005/01/12 · 07:40

OPINION

I am not an energy wonk. I am learning as I go along, and I am sure to say things that aren't polished or fully thought-out, or even necessarily articulate. But it seems best to write, as clearly as I can, the basis for my interest in energy news and policy, to give the reader a perspective through which I view this subject. This is what I believe:

I believe that energy has a massive impact on the economy, the environment, our quality of life, and in a very real sense, our survival as a civilization and as a species. We cannot take energy production, consumption, distribution, and environmental impact for granted.

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Transgender is NOT fair game

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Thursday January 06, 2005 · 4:48 PM PST

2005/01/06 · 16:48

Pardon me if I get emotional here. I will do my best not to be shrill or unreasonable. In fact, I think my position here is very reasonable. To wit, I've seen my fellow Kossacks, on at least two occasions, use transgenderism as an attack on Republicans--once against Ann Coulter, and once against Tom DeLay. Such attacks should rightly disgust every person who champions progressive values. There are plenty of ways to confront Republican hypocrisy without ad hominem attacks that rely on stereotypes and shameful emotions which denigrate a beleagured and persecuted minority.
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