A small request...can we keep our eyes on the important things once in a while?

[Lerkfish]

Like the TORTURE of political prisoners against the GENEVA CONVENTION and our own national laws
Like the rescinding of HABEAS CORPUS
Like the threat of MARTIAL LAW by ignoring POSSE COMITAS
Like the FRIGGING ILLEGAL WAR OF NAKED AGRESSION in Iraq
Like the THREATENED WAR against Iran
Like the COMPLETE SUBVERSION of checks and balances
Like the RAMPANT CORRUPTION of the republican elite
Like the INSIDIOUS INFILTRATION of theocratic cultists into our DEPT. OF JUSTICE
Like the COMPLICIT MEDIA LAPDOGS that manipulate what we are allowed to know


Instead of Haircuts, Maiden Names, what's wrong with your candidate and why your candidate sucks while mine is goodness incarnate...yadda yadda yadda.

and before you get to it, YES I"M ALSO guilty. I'm just sayin, lets not let the gnats distract us from the alligators biting us in the ass.

thank you. Rant over.

[noamnety]

1. quietly adding

sexism
racism
poverty
the gulf coast

to your list. No clue if you are affected personally by any of them, but they are important, all the same.

[Lerkfish]

2. those are valid additions, thanks. what in particular about the gulf coast are you

referring to? Do you mean Katrina and its aftermath and the threats for more severe weather?

[noamnety]

7. a loaded question

reconstruction:

1. either fixing the levees or redoing the coastline in a more natural way
2. fixing the water supply issues - some towns still don't have potable water
3. issuing the FEMA checks and trailers - when I was there a couple weeks ago, some people were still waiting on those.

gentrification/exterminism:

1. tossing out policies like foreclosing on property if the lawn isn't mowed, when they know the reason is because the homeowners were evacuated by the government to Texas.
2. overturning landlord decisions to evict renters who evacuated under mandatory orders, when the buildings weren't even damaged in the storm.
3. creation of policies to allow looting of food and water during a natural disaster, instead of turning away aid and then arresting those who tried to get the only food/water in the city. I have no clue why taking possession of drinking water when the only other option is dying of thirst is a criminal offense, but taking possession of someone's home because the grass is too tall is government policy.

corporate/government corruption and fraud:

1. by insurance companies
2. by halliburton-type companies who were financially raping the country, then letting subcontracts for the actual work at a tiny fraction of the cost
3. by FEMA who let crates of private donations spoil rather than allow them to be distributed in certain minority neighborhoods

prevention:

1. global warming issues

I probably forgot some.

[Lerkfish]

8. cool, thanks for the clarification. Not sure what you meant by "loaded question'

I was just trying to determine which aspect of the gulf coast you were referring to...

[wyldwolf]

3. OK, challenge to all DUers

Friday is No Dis Dems Friday - only posts that criticize Republicans. Think you can a handle it for one day?

[Lerkfish]

4. I"m down with that.

good idea.

[wyldwolf]

5. Let's spread it around then

"Democrats" defined as all who define themselves as such.

[Lerkfish]

6. ok, but I thought I started this thread to spread that around already.

at least the underlying basis for that.