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this would have had leverage over bush dogs

wu ming — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:33:41 GMT

had they been flexing muscle in the primaries, and not given them a pass for the general. as it is, it's all carrot, no stick.

"Forward"

Brian Leubitz — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:33:50 GMT

It's something of a joke that they call themselves forward when really all they are really looking to do is move us in the opposite direction. If Arnold wanted to be really post-partisan, he'd really take the Republicans on and force them to grow up.

We don't need to get along or sing songs together, we need to hew to democratic (small d) principles. The Republicans insist on hijacking the process undemocratically, getting along won't solve that.

Suburbia?

PJEvans — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:58:30 GMT

I grew up there, too, long before malls, back when there were two fast-food places in town, and one was only open in the summer. (You can take the kid out of it, but it doesn't come out of the kid quite so easily.)

Now I live in an uraban area, and commute to work in that core Kotkin claims isn't a job center. (I don't think he's ever been in downtown LA at rush hour, or he'd know better.) I still need the f*cking car, because the shopping areas are outside of walking distance, and, being LA, the bus system is cr*p. (This is not a surprise to those of us who commute through Union Station: the MTA managers mostly don't use their own system, which is why it never seems to improve. And their headquarters fofice is part of the station complex, so they don't have to walk even a block on the street.)

light 'em up

Bob Brigham — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:28:20 GMT

San Francisco
One Post Street, Suite 2450
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: (415) 393-0707
Fax: (415) 393-0710
The following counties are served by the San Francisco office: Alameda, Butte, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Marin, Mendocino, Modoc, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, Yuba.

Los Angeles
11111 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 915
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Phone: (310) 914-7300
Fax: (310) 914-7318
The following counties are served by the Los Angeles office: Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura.

San Diego
750 B Street, Suite 1030
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 231-9712
Fax: (619) 231-1108
The following counties are served by the San Diego office: Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Imperial, San Diego.

Fresno
2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4290
Fresno, CA 93721
Phone: (559) 485-7430
Fax: (559) 485-9689
The following counties are served by the Fresno office: Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Fresno, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Stanislaus, Tulare, Tuolumne.

issue stereotyping

TomCares — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:35:11 GMT

http://www.fluoridealert.org/n...
http://www.greenparty.org.uk/n...

I think we're too eager to use issues to create political stereotypes.

Is Senator Kuehl a right-wing nutcase for opposing the hands-free cell phone driving law?

diaster capitalists

Dante Atkins (hekebolos) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:17:59 GMT

are the perfect analogs to these guys. Since their policies can't possibly a) fail, or b) be unpopular, it has to be that they just haven't taken them far enough.

The Friedmanites think the same way: since their system is perfect, if it fails, something somewhere must have gotten in its way and the only solution is to do the same thing faster, harder, and quicker.

supporting the troops...

fake consultant — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:42:17 GMT

...means not sending them out in "aerial unarmored humvees"...but it won't be cheap.