Democrats United to End the War in Iraq

My Ritual on 9-11

D. Tree — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:48:57 EDT

As I walk through the streets of New york today, an air of melancholy hangs overhead like gray clouds, diminishing the sunlight and dimming one's vision.

Here, at the epicenter of the attacks the mood is somber. Faces are drawn. No one is smiling.

No doubt, people are in mourning - not just in New York - but throughout the country; for - as George Lakoff so eloquently put it in his groundbreaking work Don't Think of An Elephant - when those planes hit the Towers, it was experienced collectively as a bullet going through our heads.

We are in mourning. But politics still permeate this day.

Hand written signs at my local bagel shop proclaim the now common adage: "We will never forget."

I wonder at this phrase sometimes: we will never forget what? Those who were killed? Or those who committed this crime?

7 years later, it seems painfully clear someone in our government has forgotten both.

Last Night

Someonewhocares — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:19:38 EDT

Last night I had the honor of watching the last of a dynasty that has shaped our country, our society, our history, our party.

News update about holding facility

Someonewhocares — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:03:20 EDT

Here is a look inside the "holding" facility here in denver during the Dem ConventionWatch the video after you go to the link

I think we can all agree

Someonewhocares — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:44:42 EDT

This is very alarming. Reguardless of who you support or what you want. Anyone who has ever been involved in a civil rights demonstration sometimes you do not have to do anything wrong to be one of those who get hauled in with a group who was acting up. Correct me if I am wrong.... this has never happened before.
Here is the story those who are intrested in others thoughts please follow the link and read the comments below.

LMFAO OMG REALLY!?!?!?!

Someonewhocares — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:02:11 EDT

http://img.timeinc.net/time/daily/2008/0807/spray_on_condom_0731.jpg

Spray-On Condoms: Still a Hard Sell Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008 By CALLIE LEFEVRE Spray-on condoms Tyne News / WENN Edison had his lightbulb, Ford had his Model T, and Jan Vinzenz Krause has his spray-on condom. Inspired by the mechanics of a drive-through car wash, the German sexual-health educator designed a custom-fitting male contraceptive using liquid latex and some materials from a hardware store. "I felt a little like MacGyver," he says of building the contraption.

List of what not to bring at convention

Someonewhocares — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:57:48 EDT

LMAO ok sorry but yeah some of this was duh a given!!
#6 seems odd to me but whatever

Green is good!

Someonewhocares — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:50:18 EDT

Oh yeah woohoo Finally green jobs will boom!!
Anyone know what exactly sort of field you need to have experiance in to get one of these jobs?

1 of the impacts the convention has on Denver

Someonewhocares — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:16:27 EDT

Saw this on the local news website thought I would share. If you follow the link and read the comments it is not going over well. This will cut thru the heart of Downtown. link

Hope I do not get banned for this

Someonewhocares — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:19:15 EDT

Intresting articl I found.

Some Clinton backers won't go quietly at convention

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Still sore from an epic primary battle, some of Hillary Rodham Clinton's supporters aren't buying the unity theme planned for the Democratic National Convention.

REPOST (MOD PLEASE READ INCASE YOU MISSED)

Someonewhocares — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:46:42 EDT

Mr Ortega

I posted a blog earlier please read and respond

Link

Mr. Ortega

Someonewhocares — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:05:48 EDT

Ok I am wondering if you could lay out the rules of PB and what standards you must hit to be banned. In the past it has always been a question as to what are the rules and what will and will not get someone banned. Vague statments like "anything used by the gop will not be tolerated" is not good enough. One could argue anyone who does not agree with Obama and his stance on lets pick.... um energy and they say they do not agree then that leaves them open for someone to say that is a gop thing. So please can you lay out some rules???

Oh and another question and I mean no harm but only asking. How many pro Obama people have been banned for their insults? Also what of those dems who have worked hard to elect dems in other areas of goverment.... are they no longer needed here?
Why can people be banned for speaking about Obama but other dems can be slammed?

Old and New

Someonewhocares — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:16:45 EDT

question I have asked before.
Was the party this torn and Bitter back in the election season with Reagan?
Older dems who were around then. Did you forgive reagan dems?
Newer and older dems.... does this seem like history repeating itself in a way? If so what is it we did not learn that we should have?

Also how many Reagan dems will not be voting Obama?

Wtf

Someonewhocares — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:42:02 EDT

I sweat what the hell is wrong with people these days???

link

Repost -lossing ground??

Someonewhocares — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:16:27 EDT

link

Intresting views from others

Someonewhocares — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:15:03 EDT

Link provided gives allot of different views on Obama.

Example-

Lossing ground?

Someonewhocares — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:11:43 EDT

DENVER - A new presidential poll shows Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) leading against Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois) with polled likely-voters in Colorado.

Obama's Plan to End the Iraq War

D. Tree — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:25:27 EDT

There seems to be some lingering confusion over Senator Barack Obama's plan to end the Iraw War, so without further ado, and in an effort to promote accuracy when debating these topics on Partybuilder, here is the official plan:

"A Responsible, Phased Withdrawal:"

I. Immediately upon taking office, Obama will give his Secretary of Defense and military commanders a new mission in Iraq: ending the war.

The removal of our troops will be responsible and phased, directed by military commanders on the ground and done in consultation with the Iraqi government. Military experts believe we can safely redeploy combat brigades from Iraq at a pace of 1 to 2 brigades a month that would remove them in 16 months. That would be the summer of 2010 - more than 7 years after the war began.

II. A residual force will remain in Iraq and in the region to conduct targeted counter-terrorism missions against al Qaeda in Iraq and to protect American diplomatic and civilian personnel.

Obama will not build permanent bases in Iraq, but will continue efforts to train and support the Iraqi security forces as long as Iraqi leaders move toward political reconciliation and away from sectarianism.

On a basic level, the difference between John McCain & George Bush's plans for Iraq, compared to Barack Obama's is this: Bush & McCain have a plan for STAYING in Iraq, and Obama has a plan for LEAVING.

Only one of these people will be giving a new mission to our military; that of ending this war. Without a new mission, there will be NO end in sight.

I can see how people want more details - especially people who are uncertain about or critical of Obama in general - however, we must remember this is a general election, and it would be political suicide to commit to more details at this time.

We have an election to win, and subtlety and nuance must sometimes be left for a later day. We must come together around the general terms of Obama's plan and in that sense it is as different from McCain's as night is from day.

Not ok!

Someonewhocares — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:06:04 EDT

I was going thru blogs trying to catch up when I read this one. I am not sure anyone caught the jpg but look carefully and tell me it wasn't out of line. Made it look like bush and him are kissing. This is NOT OK and has been copyed and saved even if it gets deleted.

Blog

An independent alternative during the DNC

Someonewhocares — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:06:54 EDT

DENVER - In a building creatively decorated with graffiti, a handful of members of Denver Open Media work on various projects.

The dress code is what the people in the building establish it to be. Tony Shawcross, the executive director of Deproduction, which is the backbone of Denver Open Media, is a 30-something who wore olive shorts and a brownish T-shirt on the day 9NEWS interviewed him.

Newsweek: Obama the "True Realist" on Foreign Policy

D. Tree — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:37:54 EDT

He's been called a naive idealist. But in terms of foreign policy, he's the true realist in the race.

Newsweek's Fareed Zakaria wrote these words today in a very interesting piece on Barack Obama's "Realist" foreign policy ideas. In the article, Zakaria argues that while the Republicans criticize Obama as having "naive" ideas, it may be the republicans who are naive in the end:

Obama has elaborated more and more the ideas that would undergird his foreign policy as president. What emerges is a world view that is far from that of a typical liberal, much closer to that of a traditional realist.

Zakaria goes on to describe how out-of-touch conservative leaders are with the world, and the way it works.

Ironically, the Republicans now seem to be the foreign-policy idealists, labeling countries as either good or evil, refusing to deal with nasty regimes, fixating on spreading democracy throughout the world and refusing to think in more historical and complex ways.

The article concludes by contrasting the very different world-views of Obama and McCain, concluding that Obama's ideas will carry us forward:

In the end, the difference between Obama and McCain might come down to something beyond ideology - "temperament." McCain is a pessimist about the world, seeing it as a dark, dangerous place where, without the constant and vigorous application of American force, evil will triumph. Obama sees a world that is in many ways going our way. As nations develop, they become more modern and enmeshed in the international economic and political system.... America's job is to push these progressive forces forward.... Call him an Optimistic Realist, or a Realistic Optimist. But don't call him naive.

Click Here to read the entire article.

Best,
D. Tree